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A259 crash in Rother on 12 April 2012 at 14:56 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Hyundai Coupe were involved in a crash on the A259 in Rother at 14:56 on Thursday 12 April 2012. The 56-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 24-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai Coupe and the 25-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Coupe were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 2012
Thursday, 14:56
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Hyundai Coupe
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8456, longitude 0.46841, in the TN40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexhill-on-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bexhill Central, Rother, TN40 1QX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012471201885
Council area
Rother
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
269

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Coupe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,975 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Coupe)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Coupe)

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 2012471201885 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 2012.