B2192 crash in Lewes on 1 April 2012 at 11:55 involving a Ford Focus
Four vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a Toyota Prius, were involved in a crash on the B2192 in Lewes at 11:55 on Sunday 1 April 2012. The 77-year-old female driver of the Toyota Prius, the 71-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and a 76-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Prius were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2012
- Sunday, 11:55
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Focus and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88595, longitude 0.042, in the BN8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471201755
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2192
- 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
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2012.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 27 November 2012
28 m awayRef 2012471206301
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 23 October 1998
32 m awayRef 199847S001569
Serious
Hyundai X2 crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 8 October 2001
36 m awayRef 200147S143489
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 6 May 1999
45 m awayRef 199947S002917
Slight
FSO Cars Polonez crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 3 November 1994
51 m awayRef 199447SA40744
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the B2192 in Lewes, 10 December 2015
64 m awayRef 2015471507321
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- 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 2012471201755 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 2012.