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A27 crash in Brighton and Hove on 11 August 1986 at 18:40 involving a car

A car crashed on the A27 in Brighton and Hove at 18:40 on Monday 11 August 1986. The 21-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Aug 1986
Monday, 18:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86275, longitude -0.08665, in the BN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198647CA60820
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198647CA60820 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1986.