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A259 crash in Rother on 9 December 2006 at 17:01 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on the A259 in Rother at 17:01 on Saturday 9 December 2006. The 25-year-old male driver of the Seat Ibiza was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 2006
Saturday, 17:01
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Seat Ibiza
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84444, longitude 0.506, in the TN40 postcode district. 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
2006470610740
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
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)

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 2006470610740 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.