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A272 crash in Lewes on 14 December 1980 at 16:30 involving a car

A vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the A272 in Lewes at 16:30 on Sunday 14 December 1980. The 14-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1980
Sunday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97238, longitude -0.0219, in the BN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047CA01205
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
272
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 198047CA01205 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 1980.