A259 crash in Wealden on 16 June 2011 at 14:06 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the A259 in Wealden at 14:06 on Thursday 16 June 2011. The 63-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 36-year-old male driver of the Honda Accord and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 2011
- Thursday, 14:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Honda Accord
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8222, longitude 0.34279, in the BN24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pevensey Bay, Wealden, BN24 6AA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471103705
- 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
- Roundabout
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2024.
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Wealden, 25 March 2024
7 m awayRef 2024471425454
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 20 August 2011
10 m awayRef 2011471105166
Serious
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A259 in Wealden, 1 August 2017
14 m awayRef 2017471704321
Slight
Mini Countryman crash on a C road in Wealden, 16 February 2016
19 m awayRef 2016471600938
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A27 in Wealden, 10 March 2002
20 m awayRef 200247S148713
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A27 in Wealden, 27 May 2002
20 m awayRef 200247K148713
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Accord
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2011471103705 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.