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A259 crash in Lewes on 15 February 1998 at 13:24 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 13:24 on Sunday 15 February 1998. The 71-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny, the 25-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Beetle and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Beetle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1998
Sunday, 13:24
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and Volkswagen Beetle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77385, longitude 0.09836, in the BN25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaford.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847SA80145
Council area
Lewes
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,192 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Beetle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Beetle)

    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 199847SA80145 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 1998.