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Serious A272 crash in Wealden on 2 October 1997 at 12:30 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A272 in Wealden at 12:30 on Thursday 2 October 1997. The 25-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Oct 1997
Thursday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98935, longitude 0.12802, in the TN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buxted.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747HA70656
Council area
Wealden
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    5,861 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

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 199747HA70656 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.