Unclassified road crash in Wealden BN24 on 20 August 2011 at 13:00 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Honda NT700V motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wealden at 13:00 on Saturday 20 August 2011. The 56-year-old male rider of the Honda NT700V motorcycle and a 54-year-old female passenger on the Honda NT700V motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Aug 2011
- Saturday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8222, longitude 0.34265, in the BN24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pevensey Bay, Wealden, BN24 6AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471105166
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 259
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2024.
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Wealden, 25 March 2024
8 m awayRef 2024471425454
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A259 in Wealden, 16 June 2011
10 m awayRef 2011471103705
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A27 in Wealden, 10 March 2002
10 m awayRef 200247S148713
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A27 in Wealden, 27 May 2002
10 m awayRef 200247K148713
Serious
BMW X3 crash on the A259 in Wealden, 20 October 2025
13 m awayRef 2025471657138
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A259 in Wealden, 13 August 2016
18 m awayRef 2016471604839
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Honda NT700V
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 680 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda NT700V)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda NT700V)
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 2011471105166 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.