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A2100 crash in Rother on 1 February 1997 at 14:19 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta, a Renault 19 and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A2100 in Rother at 14:19 on Saturday 1 February 1997. The 51-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 24-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 and the 43-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Feb 1997
Saturday, 14:19
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92489, longitude 0.48168, in the TN33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Battle.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747TA70051
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2100
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Suzuki Swift)

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 199747TA70051 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 1997.