A259 crash in Lewes on 29 November 1985 at 12:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 12:00 on Friday 29 November 1985. The 76-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 71-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 1985
- Friday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79022, longitude 0.00673, in the BN10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peacehaven.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198547CA51311
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 2005.
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A259 in Lewes, 29 September 2005
At the same spotRef 2005470508037
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A259 in Lewes, 6 November 1980
At the same spotRef 198047CA01055
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A259 in Lewes, 20 June 2022
8 m awayRef 2022471190272
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A259 in Lewes, 5 December 2009
10 m awayRef 2009470909149
Slight
Volvo 245 crash on the A259 in Lewes, 10 August 1990
10 m awayRef 199047LA00380
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A259 in Lewes, 15 December 1983
14 m awayRef 198347CA31321
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 71, 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 198547CA51311 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.