Unclassified road crash in Wealden BN24 on 8 June 2015 at 09:09 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van, a Vauxhall Vectra and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wealden at 09:09 on Monday 8 June 2015. The 43-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and the 41-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jun 2015
- Monday, 09:09
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit Connect and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81636, longitude 0.30008, in the BN24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stone Cross. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langney, Eastbourne, BN23 8EW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471503169
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2016.
Slight
Ford Tourneo crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 5 December 2016
24 m awayRef 2016471607321
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Wealden, 12 May 1979
44 m awayRef 197947SA90202
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Wealden, 21 December 1979
66 m awayRef 197947SA90622
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2247 in Wealden, 4 September 2002
105 m awayRef 200247K154289
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in Wealden, 3 March 2016
122 m awayRef 2016471601316
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Wealden, 28 May 1983
127 m awayRef 198347SA30301
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Zafira)
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 2015471503169 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.