A259 crash in Lewes on 22 June 1985 at 14:00 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 14:00 on Saturday 22 June 1985. A 12-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 74-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jun 1985
- Saturday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79114, longitude 0.03671, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198547CA50604
- Council area
- Lewes
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2020.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A259 in Lewes, 30 October 2020
6 m awayRef 2020470994661
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A259 in Lewes, 18 June 2025
7 m awayRef 2025471604465
Fatal
Car crash on the A259 in Lewes, 18 June 1980
10 m awayRef 198047CA00535
Serious
Car crash on the A259 in Lewes, 23 December 1984
14 m awayRef 198447CA41476
Serious
Ford Fusion crash on the A259 in Lewes, 15 May 2020
17 m awayRef 2020470952519
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A259 in Lewes, 18 October 2014
32 m awayRef 2014471406127
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 198547CA50604 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 1985.