Serious A259 crash in Lewes on 22 December 1986 at 22:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 22:00 on Monday 22 December 1986. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1986; Monday, 22:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198647CA61403
Council area: Lewes
Police force: Sussex

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 259
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
25 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 22, 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 198647CA61403 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.