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Unclassified road crash in Wealden BN27 on 28 February 1990 at 03:19 involving a Zastava Yugo

A Zastava Yugo, a Ford Escort and a Mazda E2200 van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wealden at 03:19 on Wednesday 28 February 1990. The 20-year-old male driver of the Zastava Yugo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 1990
Wednesday, 03:19
Vehicles
3
Zastava Yugo and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87584, longitude 0.25774, in the BN27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hailsham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047SA00084
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Zastava Yugo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 3: Mazda E2200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Zastava Yugo)

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 199047SA00084 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 1990.