Serious B2028 crash in Mid Sussex on 15 August 2019 at 10:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex at 10:15 on Thursday 15 August 2019. The 56-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Aug 2019
- Thursday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12201, longitude -0.08509, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley Down. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crawley Down, Mid Sussex, RH10 4GB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470878423
- Council area
- Mid Sussex
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2028
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2022.
Slight
Car crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 3 September 2022
12 m awayRef 2022471216271
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 2 January 2024
14 m awayRef 2024471394263
Fatal
Car crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 24 November 1982
20 m awayRef 198247RA20181
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 8 January 1990
38 m awayRef 199047HA00028
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 6 March 2007
38 m awayRef 2007470702039
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2028 in Mid Sussex, 8 February 1998
38 m awayRef 199847HA80098
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2019470878423 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2019.