C road crash in Lewes on 15 December 1986 at 15:04 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in Lewes at 15:04 on Monday 15 December 1986. A 29-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 15 Dec 1986; Monday, 15:04
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198647CA61356
Council area: Lewes
Police force: Sussex

Road and location details

First road class: C
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: Daylight
Weather: Raining with high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
33 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 29, 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 198647CA61356 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 1986.