B2203 crash in Wealden on 13 April 2015 at 17:10 involving a Land Rover Defender
A Land Rover Defender, a Vauxhall Meriva and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the B2203 in Wealden at 17:10 on Monday 13 April 2015. The 55-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Meriva was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Apr 2015
- Monday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Defender and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95446, longitude 0.25009, in the TN21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471502045
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2203
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 May 2009.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B2203 in Wealden, 15 May 2009
6 m awayRef 2009470903487
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B202 in Wealden, 19 October 2001
15 m awayRef 200147S144164
Serious
Car crash on the B2203 in Wealden, 21 April 1979
17 m awayRef 197947SA90165
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B2203 in Wealden, 4 October 2002
21 m awayRef 200247K155201
Fatal
Kia Mentor crash on the B2203 in Wealden, 9 September 2006
25 m awayRef 2006470607471
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B2203 in Wealden, 2 April 1997
25 m awayRef 199747SA70239
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,975 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)
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 2015471502045 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 2015.