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A283 crash in Adur on 31 May 1990 at 22:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Volvo 340 were involved in a crash on the A283 in Adur at 22:30 on Thursday 31 May 1990. The 21-year-old male driver of the Volvo 340 and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 340 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 May 1990
Thursday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Volvo 340
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85441, longitude -0.2913, in the BN43 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047XA00300
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
283
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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 unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199047XA00300 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 1990.