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C road crash in Rother TN33 on 16 January 1993 at 13:40 involving a Volkswagen minibus

A Volkswagen minibus and a Bedford van were involved in a crash on a C road in Rother at 13:40 on Saturday 16 January 1993. The 34-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen minibus, a 10-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen minibus and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen minibus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 1993
Saturday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen and Bedford
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88034, longitude 0.48728, in the TN33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347TA30013
Council area
Rother
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,079 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

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 199347TA30013 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 1993.