A259 crash in Lewes on 7 July 1985 at 18:45 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 18:45 on Sunday 7 July 1985. The 69-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 1985
- Sunday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77292, longitude 0.10031, in the BN25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaford.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198547CA50671
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 1994.
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A259 in Lewes, 23 June 1994
At the same spotRef 199447SA40404
Slight
Hyundai S-Coupe crash on the A259 in Lewes, 16 August 1993
At the same spotRef 199347SA30494
Serious
Car crash on the A259 in Lewes, 19 June 2012
10 m awayRef 2012471203288
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A259 in Lewes, 5 October 1998
10 m awayRef 199847S001411
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A259 in Lewes, 10 October 1999
10 m awayRef 199947S003803
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A259 in Lewes, 26 June 2012
10 m awayRef 2012471203234
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, 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 198547CA50671 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.