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Unclassified road crash in Brighton and Hove BN3 on 13 February 1993 at 17:35 involving a Leyland Cars Mini

A Leyland Cars Mini and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Brighton and Hove at 17:35 on Saturday 13 February 1993. The 80-year-old male driver of the Leyland Cars Mini and a 78-year-old female passenger in the Leyland Cars Mini were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Feb 1993
Saturday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Leyland Cars Mini and Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83452, longitude -0.18324, in the BN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347CA30102
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 9 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Cars Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars Mini)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars Mini)

    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 199347CA30102 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1993.