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A27 crash in Lewes on 5 November 2015 at 10:10 involving a Mercedes CLS Class

A Mercedes CLS Class and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 10:10 on Thursday 5 November 2015. The 54-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 2015
Thursday, 10:10
Vehicles
2
Mercedes CLS Class and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86438, longitude 0.0196, in the BN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lewes Priory, Lewes, BN7 2XG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015471506647
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
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
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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLS Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    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
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    5,439 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    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
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,720 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

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 2015471506647 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.