A272 crash in Lewes on 8 August 2013 at 17:07 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Volvo XC60 were involved in a crash on the A272 in Lewes at 17:07 on Thursday 8 August 2013. The 39-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo 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
- 8 Aug 2013
- Thursday, 17:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Volvo XC60
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97224, longitude -0.01895, in the BN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of North Chailey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey, Lewes, BN8 4EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471304128
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 272
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 275
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 slight injury crash on 2 April 2008.
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A272 in Lewes, 2 April 2008
4 m awayRef 2008470802794
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A272 in Lewes, 21 September 1995
6 m awayRef 199547SA50654
Serious
Car crash on the A272 in Lewes, 26 November 1983
6 m awayRef 198347CA31239
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A272 in Lewes, 18 December 1992
6 m awayRef 199247LA20519
Serious
Lorry crash on the A272 in Lewes, 26 August 1981
10 m awayRef 198147CA10769
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A5751 in Lewes, 27 March 2002
10 m awayRef 200247S148919
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 2013471304128 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.