Serious unclassified road crash in Lewes on 22 December 1986 at 14:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewes at 14:40 on Monday 22 December 1986. The 36-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 14:40
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198647CA61395
Council area: Lewes
Police force: Sussex

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
36 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198647CA61395 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.