A267 crash in Wealden on 10 August 2012 at 18:07 involving a car
Two cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A267 in Wealden at 18:07 on Friday 10 August 2012. A 48-year-old female passenger in the lorry and the 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 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
- 10 Aug 2012
- Friday, 18:07
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88469, longitude 0.23346, in the BN27 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hellingly, Wealden, BN27 4DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471204108
- 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
- 267
- 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, 34 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 2015.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A267 in Wealden, 23 December 2015
34 m awayRef 2015471507629
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A267 in Wealden, 2 March 2025
53 m awayRef 2025471560273
Fatal
Car crash on the A267 in Wealden, 8 October 1987
94 m awayRef 198747SA70435
Slight
Van crash on the A267 in Wealden, 20 August 1987
94 m awayRef 198747SA70338
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A267 in Wealden, 7 January 1993
98 m awayRef 199347SA30016
Slight
Dodge crash on the A267 in Wealden, 2 October 1997
108 m awayRef 199747SA70688
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 2012471204108 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.