A27 crash in Wealden on 15 March 2011 at 07:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Mar 2011
- Tuesday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82133, longitude 0.22646, in the BN26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Downs, Wealden, BN26 5SA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471101681
- 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
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 May 2018.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A27 in Wealden, 20 May 2018
5 m awayRef 2018471802728
Slight
Honda CB600F crash on the A27 in Wealden, 18 July 2018
26 m awayRef 2018471803967
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A27 in Wealden, 30 September 1996
41 m awayRef 199647SA60703
Slight
Chrysler Neon crash on the A27 in Wealden, 11 December 2007
51 m awayRef 2007470710449
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A27 in Wealden, 26 April 2000
54 m awayRef 200047S004992
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A27 in Wealden, 8 August 2006
58 m awayRef 2006470606526
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
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 2011471101681 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 2011.