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Fatal A267 crash in Wealden on 5 September 2000 at 18:00 involving a Mercedes van

A Mercedes van and a Renault Extra van were involved in a crash on the A267 in Wealden at 18:00 on Tuesday 5 September 2000. The 54-year-old male driver of the Renault Extra van was killed and the 24-year-old male driver of the Mercedes van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Sep 2000
Tuesday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Renault Extra
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07719, longitude 0.25514, in the TN3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200047S126500
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
267
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
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 26 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Extra

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Extra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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 200047S126500 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 2000.