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A21 crash in Rother on 15 February 1994 at 06:35 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Foden lorry were involved in a crash on the A21 in Rother at 06:35 on Tuesday 15 February 1994. The 29-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1994
Tuesday, 06:35
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Foden
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95481, longitude 0.50022, in the TN32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447TA40081
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
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
B
Second road number
2089

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,795 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Foden

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 199447TA40081 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 1994.