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Serious A265 crash in Wealden on 21 October 1998 at 07:49 involving a Toyota Landcruiser

A Toyota Landcruiser hit a pedestrian on the A265 in Wealden at 07:49 on Wednesday 21 October 1998. A 51-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Oct 1998
Wednesday, 07:49
Vehicles
1
Toyota Landcruiser
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97288, longitude 0.2576, in the TN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heathfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847S001529
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
265
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Landcruiser

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,982 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Landcruiser)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 199847S001529 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 1998.