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Serious B2192 crash in Lewes on 8 April 1997 at 13:40 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry, a Hyundai Pony and a Nissan 100 were involved in a crash on the B2192 in Lewes at 13:40 on Tuesday 8 April 1997. The 46-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Pony was seriously injured and the 22-year-old male driver of the Leyland lorry and the 67-year-old male driver of the Nissan 100 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Apr 1997
Tuesday, 13:40
Vehicles
3
Leyland and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88681, longitude 0.04799, in the BN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747SA70294
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2192
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    6,540 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Pony

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Pony)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan 100)

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 199747SA70294 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1997.