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Serious A22 crash in Wealden on 25 October 1991 at 09:40 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle, a Renault 5 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 09:40 on Friday 25 October 1991. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Oct 1991
Friday, 09:40
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Beetle and 2 others
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82557, longitude 0.23842, in the BN26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147SA10447
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2014.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,285 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

    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 199147SA10447 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.