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A22 crash in Wealden on 4 July 1985 at 23:23 involving a car

A car crashed on the A22 in Wealden at 23:23 on Thursday 4 July 1985. All seven casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jul 1985
Thursday, 23:23
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
7
7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82862, longitude 0.23885, in the BN26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198547UA50191
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 September 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198547UA50191 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wealden road accident statistics for 1985.