A22 crash in Wealden on 5 January 2016 at 07:08 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Yamaha NXC 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 07:08 on Tuesday 5 January 2016. The 21-year-old male rider of the Yamaha NXC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2016
- Tuesday, 07:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Yamaha NXC 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0086, longitude 0.08142, in the TN22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Maresfield, Wealden, TN22 3EP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471600064
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2026
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2014.
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the A22 in Wealden, 9 September 2014
5 m awayRef 2014471405274
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A22 in Wealden, 26 February 1991
9 m awayRef 199147LA10080
Serious
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on the A22 in Wealden, 2 August 2007
13 m awayRef 2007470706421
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A22 in Wealden, 31 May 2025
18 m awayRef 2025471596724
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A22 in Wealden, 5 July 1994
19 m awayRef 199447HA40396
Serious
Car crash on the A22 in Wealden, 19 May 1996
27 m awayRef 199647HA60316
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha NXC 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha NXC 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016471600064 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 2016.