A27 crash in Lewes on 14 June 1994 at 08:13 involving a Citroen 2CV
Four vehicles, including a Citroen 2CV and an Austin Montego, were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 08:13 on Tuesday 14 June 1994. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Austin Montego, the 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Nova were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jun 1994
- Tuesday, 08:13
- Vehicles
- 4
- Citroen 2CV and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86677, longitude -0.02566, in the BN7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199447SA40369
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2018.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A27 in Lewes, 21 March 2018
15 m awayRef 2018471801557
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A27 in Lewes, 11 December 2020
18 m awayRef 2020471006236
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A27 in Lewes, 11 January 2008
22 m awayRef 2008470800236
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A27 in Lewes, 6 November 2025
27 m awayRef 2025471664406
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A27 in Lewes, 22 October 2021
30 m awayRef 2021471103046
Slight
Van crash on the A27 in Lewes, 24 July 1989
32 m awayRef 198947LA90290
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Citroen 2CV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 602 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Nova)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Nova)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 199447SA40369 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1994.