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Serious unclassified road crash in Lewes BN10 on 16 October 2014 at 20:20 involving a Fiat Ducato van

A Fiat Ducato van crashed on an unclassified road in Lewes at 20:20 on Thursday 16 October 2014. A 16-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 13-year-old male passenger and a 14-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Oct 2014
Thursday, 20:20
Vehicles
1
Fiat Ducato
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7939, longitude 0.00028, in the BN10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peacehaven. It is one of the crashes that make up the Peacehaven West, Lewes, BN10 7NL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014471406096
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Ducato

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,287 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Ducato)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Ducato)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Ducato)

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 2014471406096 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 2014.