A271 crash in Wealden on 5 December 2013 at 11:56 involving a Honda CRV
Four vehicles, including a Honda CRV and a Toyota Corolla, were involved in a crash on the A271 in Wealden at 11:56 on Thursday 5 December 2013. The 71-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2013
- Thursday, 11:56
- Vehicles
- 4
- Honda CRV and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87752, longitude 0.26745, in the BN27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hailsham.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471306644
- 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
- 271
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2013.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A271 in Wealden, 25 September 2013
5 m awayRef 2013471305073
Slight
Car crash on the A271 in Wealden, 29 May 1989
6 m awayRef 198947SA90234
Slight
Car crash on the A271 in Wealden, 29 March 1985
6 m awayRef 198547SA50106
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the A271 in Wealden, 3 August 2025
11 m awayRef 2025471624136
Slight
Car crash on the A271 in Wealden, 5 March 1981
16 m awayRef 198147SA10084
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A271 in Wealden, 30 January 1981
16 m awayRef 198147SA10044
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
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 2013471306644 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.