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A26 crash in Lewes on 24 October 1985 at 16:20 involving a van

A van crashed on the A26 in Lewes at 16:20 on Thursday 24 October 1985. The 26-year-old male driver and a 31-year-old male passenger were slightly 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
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1985
Thursday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89342, longitude 0.03022, in the BN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198547CA51136
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
26
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
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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, 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 198547CA51136 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.