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A265 crash in Wealden on 9 October 1991 at 08:40 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and an Austin Maestro van were involved in a crash on the A265 in Wealden at 08:40 on Wednesday 9 October 1991. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 340, a 14-year-old male passenger in the Volvo 340 and the 45-year-old male driver of the Volvo 340 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Oct 1991
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and Austin Maestro
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98576, longitude 0.32121, in the TN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burwash Common.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147SA10420
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
265
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 10 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

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 199147SA10420 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 1991.