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Serious A22 crash in Wealden on 26 August 1992 at 15:34 involving a Ford

A Ford and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 15:34 on Wednesday 26 August 1992. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Ford and the 60-year-old male driver of the Ford were seriously 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
26 Aug 1992
Wednesday, 15:34
Vehicles
2
Ford and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88291, longitude 0.21231, in the BN27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247SA20344
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

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 199247SA20344 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 1992.