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B2098 crash in Rother on 30 December 1993 at 19:15 involving an Austin Montego taxi

An Austin Montego taxi and a Hyundai Lantra were involved in a crash on the B2098 in Rother at 19:15 on Thursday 30 December 1993. The 53-year-old female driver of the Austin Montego taxi, a 74-year-old female passenger in the Austin Montego taxi and the 53-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Lantra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1993
Thursday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Austin Montego and Hyundai Lantra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84032, longitude 0.46171, in the TN39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexhill-on-Sea.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347TA30602
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2098
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Lantra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Lantra)

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 199347TA30602 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.