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Unclassified road crash in Lewes BN9 on 31 January 1992 at 14:15 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Lewes at 14:15 on Friday 31 January 1992. A 14-year-old female pedestrian and a 15-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 1992
Friday, 14:15
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Chevette
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78785, longitude 0.03968, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247LA20065
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199247LA20065 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 1992.