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A269 crash in Rother on 23 December 1991 at 14:00 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri crashed on the A269 in Rother at 14:00 on Monday 23 December 1991. The 76-year-old male driver, a 69-year-old female passenger and a 79-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1991
Monday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Capri
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9048, longitude 0.45373, in the TN33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147TA10640
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
269
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 June 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199147TA10640 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 1991.