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B2139 crash in Arun on 10 March 1991 at 19:30 involving a Talbot Sunbeam

A Talbot Sunbeam and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B2139 in Arun at 19:30 on Sunday 10 March 1991. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Talbot Sunbeam and the 44-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Mar 1991
Sunday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Talbot Sunbeam and Honda Civic
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89152, longitude -0.57005, in the BN18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Arun

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147YA10166
Council area
Arun
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2139
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Sunbeam

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Sunbeam)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

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 199147YA10166 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Arun road accident statistics for 1991.