A27 crash in Lewes on 11 December 2006 at 17:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and an Alfa Romeo Spider were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 17:55 on Monday 11 December 2006. A 21-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2006
- Monday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Alfa Romeo Spider
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86469, longitude 0.01819, in the BN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewes Priory, Lewes, BN7 2XG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006470611002
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1990.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A27 in Lewes, 26 April 1990
10 m awayRef 199047LA00248
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A27 in Lewes, 19 December 2006
10 m awayRef 2006470611158
Serious
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the A27 in Lewes, 18 October 2007
22 m awayRef 2007470708721
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the A27 in Lewes, 10 December 2021
27 m awayRef 2021471119899
Slight
Nissan 350 crash on the A27 in Lewes, 13 March 2016
35 m awayRef 2016471601521
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A27 in Lewes, 9 December 2006
42 m awayRef 2006470610752
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo Spider
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2006470611002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 2006.