B2139 crash in Horsham on 17 May 2021 at 13:42 involving a Nissan Note
A Nissan Note, a Vauxhall Movano and a Peugeot Expert van were involved in a crash on the B2139 in Horsham at 13:42 on Monday 17 May 2021. The 61-year-old male driver of the Nissan Note and the 54-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Movano were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 May 2021
- Monday, 13:42
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Note and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90847, longitude -0.50712, in the RH20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471046160
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2139
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2023.
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 31 May 2023
2 m awayRef 2023471316355
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 19 July 2016
3 m awayRef 2016471604351
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 17 October 2025
3 m awayRef 2025471655657
Serious
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 29 March 2024
4 m awayRef 2024471426581
Slight
Car crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 24 October 1988
5 m awayRef 198847NA80633
Serious
Toyota Carina crash on the B2139 in Horsham, 3 July 1997
5 m awayRef 199747NA70431
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Movano
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot Expert
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Note)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Movano)
- 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 2021471046160 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Horsham road accident statistics for 2021.