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A26 crash in Wealden on 25 June 1997 at 11:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa, a bus or coach and a Hyundai Lantra were involved in a crash on the A26 in Wealden at 11:20 on Wednesday 25 June 1997. The 50-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jun 1997
Wednesday, 11:20
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10812, longitude 0.23533, in the TN3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747HA70440
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 3: Hyundai Lantra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 199747HA70440 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.