Serious A2200 crash in Wealden on 23 March 2001 at 11:30 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106, a Peugeot 306 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A2200 in Wealden at 11:30 on Friday 23 March 2001. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Mar 2001
- Friday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 106 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80478, longitude 0.24951, in the BN20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lower Willingdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Willingdon, Wealden, BN22 0LA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200147S136047
- 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
- 2200
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 May 2010.
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Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on the A2270 in Wealden, 23 October 2019
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Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A22 in Wealden, 25 March 1996
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Slight
Car crash on the A22 in Wealden, 8 December 1983
14 m awayRef 198347SA30811
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A22 in Wealden, 30 January 1995
14 m awayRef 199547SA50081
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A22 in Wealden, 4 February 1984
20 m awayRef 198447SA40085
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200147S136047 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 2001.