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Serious A28 crash in Rother on 17 December 1998 at 17:50 involving a Fiat Fiorino

A Fiat Fiorino and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A28 in Rother at 17:50 on Thursday 17 December 1998. A 48-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Fiorino was seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of the Fiat Fiorino and a 65-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Fiorino were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 1998
Thursday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Fiat Fiorino and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92794, longitude 0.59797, in the TN35 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847T001693
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
28
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Fiorino

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Fiorino)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Fiorino)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Fiorino)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199847T001693 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.