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B2203 crash in Wealden on 12 February 1996 at 00:15 involving a Citroen AX

A Citroen AX and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B2203 in Wealden at 00:15 on Monday 12 February 1996. The 36-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 1996
Monday, 00:15
Vehicles
2
Citroen AX and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96572, longitude 0.25597, in the TN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heathfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647SA60093
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2203
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)

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 199647SA60093 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wealden road accident statistics for 1996.