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Serious A271 crash in Wealden on 14 April 2006 at 13:48 involving a Peugeot Expert van

A Peugeot Expert van, a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A271 in Wealden at 13:48 on Friday 14 April 2006. The 35-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Apr 2006
Friday, 13:48
Vehicles
3
Peugeot Expert and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88163, longitude 0.37904, in the BN27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006470603095
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
271
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
98%
Estimated chance it was slight
2%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Expert

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,868 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R1

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R1)

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 2006470603095 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 2006.