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Serious unclassified road crash in Crawley RH10 on 22 September 2019 at 08:50 involving a Mitsubishi Outlander

A Mitsubishi Outlander and a Hyundai i30 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Crawley at 08:50 on Sunday 22 September 2019. A 73-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i30 was seriously injured and the 79-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Outlander and the 77-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i30 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Sep 2019
Sunday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi Outlander and Hyundai i30
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11889, longitude -0.15771, in the RH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1RX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019470879936
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
2220

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Outlander

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    2,268 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai i30

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,353 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Outlander)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i30)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i30)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least 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 2019470879936 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Crawley road accident statistics for 2019.