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A265 crash in Rother on 6 October 2006 at 08:37 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A265 in Rother at 08:37 on Friday 6 October 2006. The 59-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 2006
Friday, 08:37
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98456, longitude 0.35067, in the TN19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burwash Common.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006470608405
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
265
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    5,861 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 2006470608405 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 2006.