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Serious A271 crash in Wealden on 14 June 1981 at 11:45 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A271 in Wealden at 11:45 on Sunday 14 June 1981. The 37-year-old female driver of the car and a 34-year-old male passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jun 1981
Sunday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8819, longitude 0.35571, in the BN27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198147SA10225
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
271
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

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

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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 September 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, 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 198147SA10225 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 1981.