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A27 crash in Lewes on 14 October 1990 at 02:14 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240 crashed on the A27 in Lewes at 02:14 on Sunday 14 October 1990. The 19-year-old male driver, a 19-year-old male passenger and a 22-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 1990
Sunday, 02:14
Vehicles
1
Volvo 240
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86246, longitude -0.07998, in the BN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047LA00552
Council area
Lewes
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,315 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199047LA00552 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 1990.