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C road crash in Wealden BN27 on 20 July 1980 at 16:15 involving a minibus

A minibus and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Wealden at 16:15 on Sunday 20 July 1980. A 51-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jul 1980
Sunday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Minibus and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86791, longitude 0.34932, in the BN27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047SA00324
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 76 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198047SA00324 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 1980.