A27 crash in Lewes on 30 November 2015 at 17:42 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 17:42 on Monday 30 November 2015. The 55-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2015
- Monday, 17:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86675, longitude -0.02729, 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
- 2015471507087
- 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
- 50 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2000.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A27 in Lewes, 12 April 2000
7 m awayRef 200047S004954
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A27 in Lewes, 8 September 1997
7 m awayRef 199747SA70614
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A27 in Lewes, 15 July 2019
12 m awayRef 2019470857740
Slight
Volvo crash on the A27 in Lewes, 15 January 2025
15 m awayRef 2025471542704
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A27 in Lewes, 20 November 1996
16 m awayRef 199647SA60873
Slight
Volvo crash on the A27 in Lewes, 23 September 1994
16 m awayRef 199447SA40633
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2015471507087 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.