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Serious B2139 crash in Arun on 31 July 1979 at 07:00 involving a lorry

A lorry and a van were involved in a crash on the B2139 in Arun at 07:00 on Tuesday 31 July 1979. A 26-year-old female passenger in the lorry, the 28-year-old male driver of the lorry and the 59-year-old male driver of the van were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Jul 1979
Tuesday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Lorry and van
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89144, longitude -0.57034, in the BN18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197947XA90504
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2139
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197947XA90504 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 1979.