A27 crash in Lewes on 2 September 2015 at 07:30 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 07:30 on Wednesday 2 September 2015. The 42-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect van and the 53-year-old male driver of the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 2015
- Wednesday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Connect and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86657, longitude -0.02656, in the BN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingston, Lewes, BN7 3JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471505062
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 27
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2019.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A27 in Lewes, 24 September 2019
4 m awayRef 2019470880681
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A27 in Lewes, 25 April 2018
17 m awayRef 2018471802240
Serious
Suzuki GSX 1400 crash on the A27 in Lewes, 30 July 2007
18 m awayRef 2007470706943
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A27 in Lewes, 16 May 2024
22 m awayRef 2024471443621
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A27 in Lewes, 30 May 2019
26 m awayRef 2019470843723
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A27 in Lewes, 4 July 2025
26 m awayRef 2025471612286
Vehicles involved (2)
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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Connect)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
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 2015471505062 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 2015.