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A259 crash in Rother on 8 January 2015 at 07:40 involving a Seat Leon

A Seat Leon, a Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the A259 in Rother at 07:40 on Thursday 8 January 2015. The 46-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 307 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 2015
Thursday, 07:40
Vehicles
3
Seat Leon and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84571, longitude 0.46711, 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 Collington, Rother, TN39 3QE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015471500122
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 307

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 307)

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 2015471500122 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 2015.