B2112 crash in Lewes on 14 February 2013 at 20:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B2112 in Lewes at 20:05 on Thursday 14 February 2013. The 46-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 67-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 2013
- Thursday, 20:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9584, longitude -0.09973, in the RH15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wivelsfield, Lewes, RH15 0SJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471300848
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2112
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 September 2000.
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the B2112 in Mid Sussex, 27 September 2000
6 m awayRef 200047N127197
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 15 August 2013
7 m awayRef 2013471304276
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B2112 in Mid Sussex, 11 October 2001
11 m awayRef 200147N142625
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 8 July 2004
11 m awayRef 200447K176560
Slight
Scania crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 24 March 2005
11 m awayRef 2005470502312
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 9 September 1999
11 m awayRef 199947H003247
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2013471300848 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 2013.