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Serious B2165 crash in Rother on 15 March 1993 at 11:30 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on the B2165 in Rother at 11:30 on Monday 15 March 1993. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro was seriously injured and the 21-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Mar 1993
Monday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Mitsubishi Shogun
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96252, longitude 0.53026, in the TN32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347TA30106
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2165
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2089

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,555 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199347TA30106 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.