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A22 crash in Eastbourne on 20 November 1980 at 08:10 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A22 in Eastbourne at 08:10 on Thursday 20 November 1980. The 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Nov 1980
Thursday, 08:10
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79285, longitude 0.25615, in the BN20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047SA00540
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

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

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, 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 198047SA00540 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastbourne road accident statistics for 1980.