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A272 crash in Lewes on 8 February 2014 at 21:15 involving a Volkswagen Lupo

A Volkswagen Lupo crashed on the A272 in Lewes at 21:15 on Saturday 8 February 2014. The 38-year-old female driver and a 17-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Feb 2014
Saturday, 21:15
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Lupo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97322, longitude -0.02815, in the BN8 postcode district. 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
2014471400774
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
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

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 serious injury crash on 1 January 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)

    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 2014471400774 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 2014.