Serious B2203 crash in Wealden on 2 July 2012 at 05:38 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B2203 in Wealden at 05:38 on Monday 2 July 2012. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jul 2012
- Monday, 05:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96673, longitude 0.25633, in the TN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heathfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heathfield North, Wealden, TN21 8PF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471203415
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2203
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1993.
Slight
Rover Range Rover crash on a C road in Wealden, 30 June 1993
At the same spotRef 199347SA30364
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B2203 in Wealden, 17 May 1994
At the same spotRef 199447SA40305
Slight
Suzuki TS 50 crash on the B2203 in Wealden, 5 September 2002
At the same spotRef 200247K154413
Slight
Lancia Y10 crash on the B2203 in Wealden, 3 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200147S142411
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Wealden, 3 November 1988
At the same spotRef 198847SA80494
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2203 in Wealden, 27 September 1992
At the same spotRef 199247SA20405
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- 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 2012471203415 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 2012.