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Serious B2096 crash in Rother on 21 May 1998 at 17:25 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the B2096 in Rother at 17:25 on Thursday 21 May 1998. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina was seriously injured and the 52-year-old male driver of the Citroen BX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 May 1998
Thursday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Citroen BX
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93272, longitude 0.46459, in the TN33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847T000360
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2096
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

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 199847T000360 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 1998.