A2029 crash in Lewes on 29 November 2007 at 17:18 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Mondeo, were involved in a crash on the A2029 in Lewes at 17:18 on Thursday 29 November 2007. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2007
- Thursday, 17:18
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87544, longitude 0.0151, in the BN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewes.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007470710045
- 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
- 2029
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 11 April 2002
22 m awayRef 200247C149521
Slight
Audi Cabriolet crash on the A2029 in Lewes, 20 September 2005
30 m awayRef 2005470507782
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 7 November 1996
36 m awayRef 199647SA60834
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A277 in Lewes, 27 May 1999
45 m awayRef 199947S003033
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A2029 in Lewes, 25 November 1998
50 m awayRef 199847S001855
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A2029 in Lewes, 7 October 2010
61 m awayRef 2010471006704
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2007470710045 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 2007.