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A21 crash in Rother on 4 May 2014 at 17:15 involving a Mercedes Sprinter lorry

A Mercedes Sprinter lorry, a Citroen C4 and a Jaguar XJ Series were involved in a crash on the A21 in Rother at 17:15 on Sunday 4 May 2014. The 41-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter lorry and the 47-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 2014
Sunday, 17:15
Vehicles
3
Mercedes Sprinter and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02877, longitude 0.46695, in the TN19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hurst Green & Ticehurst, Rother, TN19 7RA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014471402429
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
21
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 July 2013.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Jaguar XJ Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    3,248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol and LPG
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

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 2014471402429 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.