B2026 crash in Wealden on 1 September 2013 at 11:17 involving a Toyota Avensis taxi
A Toyota Avensis taxi and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2026 in Wealden at 11:17 on Sunday 1 September 2013. The 45-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2013
- Sunday, 11:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13728, longitude 0.10761, in the TN8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471304586
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2026
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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, 188 metres away, was a fatal crash on 27 August 2019.
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B2026 in Wealden, 27 August 2019
188 m awayRef 2019470871824
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B2026 in Wealden, 8 October 1988
228 m awayRef 198847HA80644
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B2026 in Wealden, 3 September 1987
256 m awayRef 198747HA70496
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B2026 in Wealden, 9 December 2016
301 m awayRef 2016471607444
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the B2026 in Wealden, 25 November 2024
320 m awayRef 2024471521001
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the B2026 in Wealden, 20 December 2020
355 m awayRef 2020471008637
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 955 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2013471304586 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.