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A271 crash in Wealden on 10 November 2014 at 19:05 involving a Volkswagen Transporter minibus

A van and a Volkswagen Transporter minibus were involved in a crash on the A271 in Wealden at 19:05 on Monday 10 November 2014. The 34-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Transporter minibus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Nov 2014
Monday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Van and Volkswagen Transporter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8785, longitude 0.2551, in the BN27 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hailsham North, Wealden, BN27 1HE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014471406646
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
271
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Transporter)

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 2014471406646 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.