A27 crash in Brighton and Hove on 18 December 1987 at 14:05 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A27 in Brighton and Hove at 14:05 on Friday 18 December 1987. The 66-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 1987
- Friday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86329, longitude -0.08137, in the BN1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198747CA71148
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2123
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2005.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A27 in Lewes, 2 July 2005
10 m awayRef 2005470505205
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A27 in Lewes, 16 July 2011
10 m awayRef 2011471104953
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on the A27 in Lewes, 22 November 2006
10 m awayRef 2006470610023
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A27 in Lewes, 24 March 2018
11 m awayRef 2018471801644
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Lewes, 3 January 1986
22 m awayRef 198647CA60018
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A27 in Lewes, 25 November 2006
28 m awayRef 2006470610791
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, 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 198747CA71148 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1987.