A29 crash in Horsham on 1 September 2021 at 19:05 involving a Mercedes Sprinter
A Mercedes Sprinter and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on the A29 in Horsham at 19:05 on Wednesday 1 September 2021. The 62-year-old male driver of the Seat Ibiza was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2021
- Wednesday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Seat Ibiza
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96243, longitude -0.50542, in the RH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pulborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley, Horsham, RH20 1FN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471083017
- Council area
- Horsham
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 29
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2011.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A29 in Horsham, 28 February 2011
4 m awayRef 2011471101349
Serious
Car crash on the A29 in Horsham, 28 December 1980
6 m awayRef 198047YA00746
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A29 in Horsham, 9 July 1994
6 m awayRef 199447NA40411
Slight
Car crash on the A29 in Horsham, 22 October 1987
15 m awayRef 198747NA70573
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A29 in Horsham, 3 December 1982
15 m awayRef 198247YA20678
Slight
LDV 400 Series crash on the A29 in Horsham, 6 August 1997
21 m awayRef 199747NA70503
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)
- 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 2021471083017 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.