A22 crash in Wealden on 26 November 2015 at 16:44 involving a Skoda Yeti
A Skoda Yeti, a Yamaha DT 125 RE motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 16:44 on Thursday 26 November 2015. The 27-year-old male rider of the Yamaha DT 125 RE motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2015
- Thursday, 16:44
- Vehicles
- 3
- Skoda Yeti and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89281, longitude 0.17934, in the BN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron, Wealden, BN8 6JE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471507003
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 22
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2124
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2025.
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A22 in Wealden, 25 February 2025
1 m awayRef 2025471558229
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A22 in Wealden, 7 June 1990
2 m awayRef 199047SA00271
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A22 in Wealden, 17 November 1995
2 m awayRef 199547SA50794
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A22 in Wealden, 26 May 2017
2 m awayRef 2017471702909
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A22 in Wealden, 21 March 1997
2 m awayRef 199747SA70192
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A22 in Wealden, 25 September 1993
2 m awayRef 199347SA30576
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Yeti
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha DT 125 RE
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha DT 125 RE)
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 2015471507003 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.