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Serious unclassified road crash in Lewes BN25 on 16 June 1993 at 18:42 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Lewes at 18:42 on Wednesday 16 June 1993. The 20-year-old male driver and a 58-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jun 1993
Wednesday, 18:42
Vehicles
1
Ford Cortina
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78053, longitude 0.12732, in the BN25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347SA30338
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Unclassified

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, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 January 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199347SA30338 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1993.