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Serious A259 crash in Wealden on 21 December 2007 at 16:08 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the A259 in Wealden at 16:08 on Friday 21 December 2007. The 73-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2007
Friday, 16:08
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Mazda 3
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76286, longitude 0.19844, in the BN20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Downs, Wealden, BN20 0HB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007470710785
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
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 2007470710785 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 2007.