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C road crash in Wealden TN22 on 31 December 1997 at 17:10 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza hit a pedestrian on a C road in Wealden at 17:10 on Wednesday 31 December 1997. The 19-year-old male driver and a 32-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Seat Ibiza
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96978, longitude 0.09593, in the TN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uckfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747HA70935
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2102

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199747HA70935 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.