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Serious A22 crash in Wealden on 31 March 1993 at 16:00 involving a Daihatsu Charade

A Daihatsu Charade, a Toyota Corolla and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 16:00 on Wednesday 31 March 1993. The 22-year-old female driver of the Daihatsu Charade and the 43-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla were seriously injured and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Mar 1993
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
3
Daihatsu Charade and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.816, longitude 0.24492, in the BN26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347SA30167
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Charade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Charade)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

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 199347SA30167 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 1993.