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Serious A26 crash in Wealden on 5 March 1997 at 07:40 involving a Peugeot 505

A Peugeot 505 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A26 in Wealden at 07:40 on Wednesday 5 March 1997. A 49-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 505 and the 51-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 505 were seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Mar 1997
Wednesday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 505 and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0826, longitude 0.19626, in the TN3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747HA70150
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
26
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 505

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 505)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 505)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

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 199747HA70150 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 1997.