A267 crash in Wealden on 27 November 2013 at 07:35 involving a Volkswagen Crafter lorry
A Volkswagen Crafter lorry and two cars were involved in a crash on the A267 in Wealden at 07:35 on Wednesday 27 November 2013. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 27-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Crafter lorry were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Nov 2013
- Wednesday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Crafter and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01271, longitude 0.24049, in the TN20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471306412
- 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
- 267
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 1983.
Slight
Van crash on the A267 in Wealden, 29 June 1983
8 m awayRef 198347SA30383
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A267 in Wealden, 12 December 2009
29 m awayRef 2009471001392
Serious
Citroen BX crash on the A267 in Wealden, 6 September 1995
51 m awayRef 199547HA50516
Serious
Car crash on the A267 in Wealden, 23 February 1989
73 m awayRef 198947HA90135
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A267 in Wealden, 11 November 1991
93 m awayRef 199147LA10446
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A267 in Wealden, 5 May 2004
96 m awayRef 200447K174579
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Crafter
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 22 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Crafter)
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 2013471306412 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.