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A259 crash in Rother on 29 January 2003 at 12:26 involving a Toyota Corolla

Four vehicles, including a Toyota Corolla and a Lada Samara, were involved in a crash on the A259 in Rother at 12:26 on Wednesday 29 January 2003. The 62-year-old female driver of the Lada Samara was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jan 2003
Wednesday, 12:26
Vehicles
4
Toyota Corolla and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84537, longitude 0.48758, in the TN40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexhill-on-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bexhill Pebsham & St Michaels, Rother, TN40 2NY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200347K159495
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
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2018.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lada Samara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,288 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 4: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Samara)

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 200347K159495 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 2003.