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Serious A259 crash in Lewes on 31 October 1979 at 23:58 involving a van

A van crashed on the A259 in Lewes at 23:58 on Wednesday 31 October 1979. A 31-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Oct 1979
Wednesday, 23:58
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79421, longitude 0.05146, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947CA91097
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 197947CA91097 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.