A26 crash in Wealden on 23 August 2011 at 20:15 involving a Renault Megane
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Aug 2011
- Tuesday, 20:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03977, longitude 0.12607, in the TN6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471105233
- 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
- 26
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2011.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A26 in Wealden, 15 December 2011
10 m awayRef 2011471108158
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A26 in Wealden, 1 August 1997
40 m awayRef 199747HA70516
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A2600 in Wealden, 7 May 2001
41 m awayRef 200147S137400
Fatal
Rover Mini crash on the A26 in Wealden, 29 March 1999
45 m awayRef 199947H002209
Slight
Car crash on the A26 in Wealden, 24 January 1982
70 m awayRef 198247SA20053
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A26 in Wealden, 7 May 1982
80 m awayRef 198247SA20268
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2011471105233 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.