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Serious A22 crash in Wealden on 2 December 1993 at 16:59 involving a Honda Ballade

A Honda Ballade and a car were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 16:59 on Thursday 2 December 1993. The 61-year-old male driver of the Honda Ballade and the 70-year-old male driver of the car were seriously injured and a 47-year-old female passenger in the Honda Ballade was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Dec 1993
Thursday, 16:59
Vehicles
2
Honda Ballade and car
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8928, longitude 0.17921, in the BN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347SA30711
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2124

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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 4 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Ballade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Ballade)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Ballade)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199347SA30711 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.