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A271 crash in Wealden on 23 June 2013 at 11:24 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun

A Mitsubishi Shogun, a Volkswagen Touareg and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A271 in Wealden at 11:24 on Sunday 23 June 2013. A 69-year-old female passenger in the Mitsubishi Shogun, the 37-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Touareg and a 5-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Touareg were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jun 2013
Sunday, 11:24
Vehicles
3
Mitsubishi Shogun and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88536, longitude 0.30565, in the BN27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013471303190
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
271
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 with 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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    2,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Touareg

    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
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo

    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
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,422 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Touareg)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Touareg)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2013471303190 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 2013.