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B2109 crash in Lewes on 16 July 1979 at 07:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B2109 in Lewes at 07:20 on Monday 16 July 1979. A 21-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jul 1979
Monday, 07:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79494, longitude 0.0556, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947CA90655
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2109
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 197947CA90655 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1979.