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Unclassified road crash in Wealden TN6 on 2 May 2015 at 19:00 involving a Mercedes SLK Class

A Mercedes SLK Class hit three pedestrians on an unclassified road in Wealden at 19:00 on Saturday 2 May 2015. A 42-year-old male pedestrian, a 10-year-old female pedestrian and a 40-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 May 2015
Saturday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Mercedes SLK Class
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05086, longitude 0.17948, in the TN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crowborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crowborough Jarvis Brook, Wealden, TN6 2DU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015471502455
Council area
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2100

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes SLK Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    2,996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes SLK Class)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes SLK Class)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes SLK Class)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 2015471502455 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.