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Unclassified road crash in Wealden BN22 on 26 January 1979 at 09:05 involving a car

Two cars and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wealden at 09:05 on Friday 26 January 1979. The 25-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1979
Friday, 09:05
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80447, longitude 0.25984, in the BN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947SA90036
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 197947SA90036 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wealden road accident statistics for 1979.