A21 crash in Rother on 7 November 2014 at 16:03 involving a Chevrolet Kalos
Four vehicles, including a Chevrolet Kalos and a Peugeot 206, were involved in a crash on the A21 in Rother at 16:03 on Friday 7 November 2014. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Nov 2014
- Friday, 16:03
- Vehicles
- 4
- Chevrolet Kalos and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95944, longitude 0.49049, in the TN32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rother
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471406554
- 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
- 50 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2009.
Slight
Scania crash on the A21 in Rother, 23 November 2009
3 m awayRef 2009470908766
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A21 in Rother, 18 March 1988
3 m awayRef 198847TA80124
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A21 in Rother, 18 January 2022
13 m awayRef 2022471133399
Slight
Mini One crash on the A21 in Rother, 22 March 2024
15 m awayRef 2024471423747
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A21 in Rother, 17 March 2017
16 m awayRef 2017471701512
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A21 in Rother, 8 March 2016
22 m awayRef 2016471601412
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Kalos
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,150 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 4: Mini Countryman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Kalos)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Punto)
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 2014471406554 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.