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Fatal A21 crash in Rother on 21 May 1980 at 08:20 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A21 in Rother at 08:20 on Wednesday 21 May 1980. The 30-year-old male driver of the van, a 56-year-old male passenger in the van and a 29-year-old female passenger in the car were killed and one other person was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 May 1980
Wednesday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
4
3 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02863, longitude 0.46711, in the TN19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047TA00231
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 September 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 56, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198047TA00231 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 1980.