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Serious A275 crash in Lewes on 12 February 1991 at 21:25 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A275 in Lewes at 21:25 on Tuesday 12 February 1991. The 20-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Feb 1991
Tuesday, 21:25
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97473, longitude -0.01738, in the BN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of North Chailey.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147LA10067
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
275
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, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199147LA10067 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 1991.