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A2590 crash in Rother on 10 December 2000 at 10:34 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a Mercedes 400 were involved in a crash on the A2590 in Rother at 10:34 on Sunday 10 December 2000. The 61-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and the female driver of the Mercedes 400 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 2000
Sunday, 10:34
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and Mercedes 400
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8456, longitude 0.46827, in the TN40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexhill-on-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200047T130595
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2590
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
269

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 400

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 400)

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 200047T130595 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 2000.