A26 crash in Lewes on 22 December 1986 at 19:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A26 in Lewes at 19:45 on Monday 22 December 1986. A 16-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 19:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198647CA61396
Council area: Lewes
Police force: Sussex

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 26
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South East
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
30 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198647CA61396 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.