A22 crash in Wealden on 3 July 2013 at 10:10 involving a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle
A Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 10:10 on Wednesday 3 July 2013. The 22-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle was 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
- 3 Jul 2013
- Wednesday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kawasaki ZX636 and Kia Sportage
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06444, longitude 0.02949, in the RH18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471303405
- 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
- 22
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 May 1996.
Serious
Nissan 200 crash on the A22 in Wealden, 1 May 1996
4 m awayRef 199647HA60270
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A22 in Wealden, 18 December 2007
27 m awayRef 2007470800740
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A22 in Wealden, 12 January 1987
62 m awayRef 198747HA70020
Slight
Car crash on the A22 in Wealden, 22 August 1984
112 m awayRef 198447UA40132
Slight
Car crash on the A22 in Wealden, 22 January 1979
126 m awayRef 197947RA90026
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A22 in Wealden, 30 December 2003
138 m awayRef 200347K170397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX636
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 636 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX636)
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 2013471303405 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.