A21 crash in Rother on 26 December 1986 at 10:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A21 in Rother at 10:45 on Friday 26 December 1986. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 1986; Friday, 10:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198647TA60593
Council area: Rother
Police force: Sussex

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 21
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Using private drive or entrance
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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
60 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
24 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 24, 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 198647TA60593 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 1986.