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Serious unclassified road crash in Lewes BN6 on 11 March 2013 at 06:57 involving a Kia Picanto

A Kia Picanto and a Volvo C70 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewes at 06:57 on Monday 11 March 2013. A 47-year-old male passenger in the Kia Picanto was seriously injured and the 31-year-old male driver of the Kia Picanto and the 54-year-old female driver of the Volvo C70 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Mar 2013
Monday, 06:57
Vehicles
2
Kia Picanto and Volvo C70
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90112, longitude -0.10441, in the BN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ditchling & Westmeston, Lewes, BN6 8XE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013471301294
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Picanto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo C70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Picanto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Picanto)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo C70)

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 2013471301294 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.