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A271 crash in Wealden on 9 May 1994 at 07:45 involving a Ford minibus

A Ford minibus, a lorry and a Hyundai 1200 were involved in a crash on the A271 in Wealden at 07:45 on Monday 9 May 1994. All six casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 May 1994
Monday, 07:45
Vehicles
3
Ford and 2 others
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87945, longitude 0.28905, in the BN27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447SA40270
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
271
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years

  • Vehicle 3: Hyundai 1200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,238 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford)

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 199447SA40270 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 1994.