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Serious A27 crash in Lewes on 30 August 2002 at 18:09 involving a Skoda Favorit

A Skoda Favorit and a Fiat Cinquecento were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 18:09 on Friday 30 August 2002. A 79-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Favorit and the 52-year-old female driver of the Fiat Cinquecento were seriously injured and the 79-year-old male driver of the Skoda Favorit was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Aug 2002
Friday, 18:09
Vehicles
2
Skoda Favorit and Fiat Cinquecento
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8529, longitude 0.06996, in the BN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ouse Valley & Ringmer, Lewes, BN8 6AD area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200247K154237
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Favorit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Favorit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Cinquecento)

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 200247K154237 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 2002.