A2029 crash in Lewes on 13 July 2012 at 14:46 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Ford Transit lorry were involved in a crash on the A2029 in Lewes at 14:46 on Friday 13 July 2012. A 15-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 2012
- Friday, 14:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87443, longitude 0.01164, in the BN7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewes Castle, Lewes, BN7 1AD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471203571
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2029
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2029
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2009.
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A2029 in Lewes, 15 July 2009
10 m awayRef 2009470905132
Slight
Car crash on the A2029 in Lewes, 28 March 1989
10 m awayRef 198947LA90077
Slight
Optare crash on the A2029 in Lewes, 3 July 2010
10 m awayRef 2010471004348
Slight
Car crash on the A2029 in Lewes, 5 December 1980
10 m awayRef 198047CA01162
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A2029 in Lewes, 2 May 1995
14 m awayRef 199547SA50278
Serious
Car crash on the A2029 in Lewes, 19 October 1988
20 m awayRef 198847LA80241
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2012471203571 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.