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Fatal A259 crash in Adur on 11 September 1980 at 21:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A259 in Adur at 21:55 on Thursday 11 September 1980. The 70-year-old male driver was killed and a 65-year-old male passenger and a 65-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Sep 1980
Thursday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83203, longitude -0.25562, in the BN43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shoreham-by-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198047XA00620
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198047XA00620 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 1980.