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Serious unclassified road crash in Lewes BN9 on 29 April 1982 at 20:50 involving a van

A van crashed on an unclassified road in Lewes at 20:50 on Thursday 29 April 1982. The 28-year-old male driver, a 27-year-old female passenger and a 32-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Apr 1982
Thursday, 20:50
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78424, longitude 0.05584, in the BN9 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198247CA20348
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198247CA20348 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1982.