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A277 crash in Lewes on 2 November 1991 at 12:45 involving a Saab 900

A Saab 900 hit a pedestrian on the A277 in Lewes at 12:45 on Saturday 2 November 1991. An 82-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 1991
Saturday, 12:45
Vehicles
1
Saab 900
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87299, longitude -0.00038, in the BN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewes.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147LA10436
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
277
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Saab 900)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199147LA10436 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.