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Unclassified road crash in Lewes BN9 on 12 January 2011 at 17:39 involving a Toyota Celica

A Toyota Celica and an Audi TT were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewes at 17:39 on Wednesday 12 January 2011. The 76-year-old male driver of the Toyota Celica was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 2011
Wednesday, 17:39
Vehicles
2
Toyota Celica and Audi TT
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78874, longitude 0.04655, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newhaven South, Lewes, BN9 9FJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011471100262
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi TT

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Celica)

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 2011471100262 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 2011.