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A259 crash in Wealden on 29 December 1997 at 12:57 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A259 in Wealden at 12:57 on Monday 29 December 1997. The 54-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 1997
Monday, 12:57
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75945, longitude 0.2113, in the BN20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747SA70913
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199747SA70913 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.