A265 crash in Rother on 20 October 2012 at 17:12 involving a Subaru Impreza
A Subaru Impreza and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A265 in Rother at 17:12 on Saturday 20 October 2012. The 31-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Oct 2012
- Saturday, 17:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Subaru Impreza and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99944, longitude 0.3929, in the TN19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rother
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012471205557
- 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
- 265
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2015.
Slight
Suzuki Jimny crash on the A265 in Rother, 17 January 2015
67 m awayRef 2015471500365
Slight
Van crash on the A265 in Rother, 21 January 1982
98 m awayRef 198247TA20026
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A265 in Rother, 18 December 2002
98 m awayRef 200247K158160
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A265 in Rother, 17 August 2000
108 m awayRef 200047T125806
Slight
Lorry crash on the A265 in Rother, 15 April 2020
115 m awayRef 2020470946044
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A265 in Rother, 16 September 2007
117 m awayRef 2007470707703
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)
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 2012471205557 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.