A295 crash in Wealden on 21 May 2014 at 13:25 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord, a Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A295 in Wealden at 13:25 on Wednesday 21 May 2014. The 57-year-old female driver of the Honda Accord and the 80-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2014
- Wednesday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Accord and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86051, longitude 0.25531, in the BN27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hailsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hailsham West, Wealden, BN27 3DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471402798
- 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
- 295
- 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, 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 January 1988.
Serious
Van crash on the A295 in Wealden, 9 January 1988
2 m awayRef 198847SA80010
Slight
Mobility scooter crash on the A295 in Wealden, 2 March 2016
8 m awayRef 2016471601333
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A295 in Wealden, 14 November 2018
15 m awayRef 2018471806313
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A295 in Wealden, 22 June 2015
15 m awayRef 2015471503494
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A295 in Wealden, 28 September 1994
21 m awayRef 199447SA40638
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A295 in Wealden, 6 August 1993
26 m awayRef 199347SA30456
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2014471402798 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 2014.