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Serious A21 crash in Rother on 22 December 1992 at 08:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Fiat were involved in a crash on the A21 in Rother at 08:45 on Tuesday 22 December 1992. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Fiat was seriously injured and the 38-year-old male driver of the Fiat and the 28-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1992
Tuesday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Fiat
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04462, longitude 0.44656, in the TN5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199247TA20601
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199247TA20601 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.