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Unclassified road crash in Wealden TN33 on 12 October 1997 at 20:45 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wealden at 20:45 on Sunday 12 October 1997. A 17-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 1997
Sunday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Renault Clio and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88747, longitude 0.42225, in the TN33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ninfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747TA70547
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
A
Second road number
271

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 4 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 199747TA70547 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.