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A275 crash in Lewes on 7 December 1994 at 19:15 involving a Datsun Sunny

A Datsun Sunny and a Renault 25 were involved in a crash on the A275 in Lewes at 19:15 on Wednesday 7 December 1994. A 9-year-old female passenger in the Datsun Sunny and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Renault 25 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 1994
Wednesday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Datsun Sunny and Renault 25
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86734, longitude -0.02251, 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
199447SA40841
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
275
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
27

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,165 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 25)

    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 199447SA40841 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.