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Serious unclassified road crash in Crawley RH11 on 26 February 2021 at 12:50 involving a DAF Trucks van

A DAF Trucks van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Crawley at 12:50 on Friday 26 February 2021. A 23-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 2021
Friday, 12:50
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11236, longitude -0.21871, in the RH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crawley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gossops Green & North East Broadfield, Crawley, RH11 8BZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Crawley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021471024274
Council area
Crawley
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    4,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2021471024274 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 2021.