A259 crash in Rother on 25 April 2014 at 17:41 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Peugeot 107 were involved in a crash on the A259 in Rother at 17:41 on Friday 25 April 2014. The 19-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 307 and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 107 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Apr 2014
- Friday, 17:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Peugeot 107
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84669, longitude 0.44623, in the TN39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexhill-on-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bexhill Kewhurst, Rother, TN39 3TW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471402232
- Council area
- Rother
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2025.
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A259 in Rother, 13 July 2025
2 m awayRef 2025471615434
Slight
Triumph Sprint ST crash on the A259 in Rother, 7 October 2003
5 m awayRef 200347K167618
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Rother, 16 September 1987
5 m awayRef 198747TA70441
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A259 in Rother, 23 June 2010
5 m awayRef 2010471004086
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A259 in Rother, 13 May 2005
5 m awayRef 2005470503716
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Rother, 18 February 1984
5 m awayRef 198447TA40055
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 107)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014471402232 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 2014.