C road crash in Wealden BN24 on 2 October 2013 at 20:20 involving a Subaru Impreza
A Subaru Impreza, a Peugeot 306 and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on a C road in Wealden at 20:20 on Wednesday 2 October 2013. The 38-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306, a 69-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 306 and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2013
- Wednesday, 20:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Subaru Impreza and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81593, longitude 0.30359, in the BN24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stone Cross. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langney, Eastbourne, BN23 8EW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471305179
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2008.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in Wealden, 11 April 2008
11 m awayRef 2008470802871
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Wealden, 30 October 1981
19 m awayRef 198147SA10471
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Wealden, 29 January 1987
22 m awayRef 198747SA70037
Fatal
Car crash on the A27 in Wealden, 17 June 1988
32 m awayRef 198847SA80256
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Wealden, 18 March 1981
39 m awayRef 198147SA10098
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Wealden, 14 January 1983
41 m awayRef 198347SA30025
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,990 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2013471305179 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.