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Serious A272 crash in Lewes on 27 October 1994 at 17:30 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 hit a pedestrian on the A272 in Lewes at 17:30 on Thursday 27 October 1994. A 56-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Oct 1994
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo 340
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97427, longitude 0.00924, in the BN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newick.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447SA40712
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
272
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 199447SA40712 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.