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A259 crash in Wealden on 24 January 1989 at 11:30 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A259 in Wealden at 11:30 on Tuesday 24 January 1989. A 74-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jan 1989
Tuesday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81169, longitude 0.35004, in the BN24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pevensey Bay.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198947SA90044
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 198947SA90044 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wealden road accident statistics for 1989.