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A259 crash in Adur on 1 August 1993 at 18:05 involving a Talbot Horizon

A Talbot Horizon crashed on the A259 in Adur at 18:05 on Sunday 1 August 1993. An 84-year-old female passenger and the 77-year-old female driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 1993
Sunday, 18:05
Vehicles
1
Talbot Horizon
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83131, longitude -0.23775, in the BN42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwick.

Map of where the crash happened in Adur

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347XA30346
Council area
Adur
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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 5 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Horizon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Horizon)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Horizon)

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 199347XA30346 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Adur road accident statistics for 1993.