B2117 crash in Mid Sussex on 31 August 2022 at 08:41 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash on the B2117 in Mid Sussex at 08:41 on Wednesday 31 August 2022. The 72-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and the 25-year-old male driver of the Toyota RAV4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2022
- Wednesday, 08:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Toyota RAV4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91352, longitude -0.21545, in the BN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Downland Villages, Mid Sussex, BN6 9EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022471213993
- Council area
- Mid Sussex
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- West Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2117
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 281
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 29 December 1992.
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A281 in Mid Sussex, 29 December 1992
1 m awayRef 199247HA20544
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the B2117 in Mid Sussex, 19 September 1992
1 m awayRef 199247HA20389
Slight
Van crash on the A281 in Mid Sussex, 23 December 1987
1 m awayRef 198747HA70805
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A281 in Mid Sussex, 15 May 1995
1 m awayRef 199547HA50280
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B2117 in Mid Sussex, 16 August 1990
1 m awayRef 199047HA00367
Slight
Lada Niva crash on the A281 in Mid Sussex, 16 October 1996
1 m awayRef 199647HA60657
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota RAV4)
- 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 2022471213993 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2022.