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A23 crash in Crawley on 22 January 2019 at 02:37 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series crashed on the A23 in Crawley at 02:37 on Tuesday 22 January 2019. A 35-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 2019
Tuesday, 02:37
Vehicles
1
BMW 5 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16184, longitude -0.17007, in the RH6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horley Central & South, Reigate and Banstead, RH6 7LY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019471900373
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2019471900373 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.