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C road crash in Wealden TN22 on 23 September 1997 at 10:20 involving a Citroen AX

A Citroen AX, a Volkswagen Jetta and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on a C road in Wealden at 10:20 on Tuesday 23 September 1997. A 69-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Jetta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Sep 1997
Tuesday, 10:20
Vehicles
3
Citroen AX and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98945, longitude 0.09739, in the TN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Five Ash Down.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747HA70636
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    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 199747HA70636 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.