A281 crash in Horsham on 13 November 2025 at 12:27 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Ford Fiesta van and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A281 in Horsham at 12:27 on Thursday 13 November 2025. The 75-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 35-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Thursday, 12:27
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08632, longitude -0.38092, in the RH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham, Horsham, RH12 3PR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Horsham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025471667930
- 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
- 281
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A281 in Horsham, 11 December 2022
9 m awayRef 2022471252791
Serious
Car crash on the A281 in Horsham, 28 March 1987
15 m awayRef 198747NA70132
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Horsham, 17 May 1983
15 m awayRef 198347NA30323
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A281 in Horsham, 12 April 2005
15 m awayRef 2005470502785
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A281 in Horsham, 6 February 2004
15 m awayRef 200447K171877
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A281 in Horsham, 13 January 2003
15 m awayRef 200347K158957
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 3: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025471667930 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 2025.