C road crash in Arun BN18 on 27 October 1992 at 10:20 involving a Renault Master van
A Renault Master van and a Ford Escort van were involved in a crash on a C road in Arun at 10:20 on Tuesday 27 October 1992. The 59-year-old male driver of the Renault Master van, a 21-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort van and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 1992
- Tuesday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Master and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84674, longitude -0.6379, in the BN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastergate.
Map of where the crash happened in Arun
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199247YA20654
- Council area
- Arun
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 April 1984.
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in Arun, 27 April 1984
At the same spotRef 198447XA40188
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on a C road in Arun, 23 December 2009
161 m awayRef 2009470909699
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Arun, 15 November 2023
165 m awayRef 2023471377229
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on a C road in Arun, 4 January 1997
210 m awayRef 199747YA70006
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Arun, 10 May 1992
270 m awayRef 199247YA20262
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Arun, 28 December 2006
292 m awayRef 2006470611363
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Master
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Master)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 199247YA20654 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 1992.