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Serious C road crash in Rother TN33 on 26 May 1992 at 19:00 involving a Renault 18

A Renault 18 and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on a C road in Rother at 19:00 on Tuesday 26 May 1992. A 15-year-old male passenger in the Austin Maestro was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 May 1992
Tuesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Renault 18 and Austin Maestro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92439, longitude 0.48863, in the TN33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Battle.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247TA20249
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 serious injury crash on 10 October 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 18

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,647 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

    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 199247TA20249 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 1992.