A21 crash in Rother on 27 December 2015 at 15:00 involving a Honda Civic
Two Honda Civics and a Jeep Cherokee were involved in a crash on the A21 in Rother at 15:00 on Sunday 27 December 2015. The 25-year-old female driver of vehicle 1, the 47-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 15-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2015
- Sunday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Civic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02467, longitude 0.46933, in the TN19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hurst Green & Ticehurst, Rother, TN19 7RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rother
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471507679
- Council area
- Rother
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 229
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 November 2006.
Serious
Scania crash on the A21 in Rother, 20 November 2006
5 m awayRef 2006470609938
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A21 in Rother, 22 August 2008
5 m awayRef 2008470806501
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the A259 in Rother, 29 May 1999
5 m awayRef 199947T002575
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A21 in Rother, 14 January 2019
7 m awayRef 2019471900253
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A21 in Rother, 11 October 2017
9 m awayRef 2017471705748
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A21 in Rother, 27 October 2025
9 m awayRef 2025471660027
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,776 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2015471507679 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 2015.