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A295 crash in Wealden on 2 March 2016 at 18:59 involving a mobility scooter

A mobility scooter crashed on the A295 in Wealden at 18:59 on Wednesday 2 March 2016. The 67-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Mar 2016
Wednesday, 18:59
Vehicles
1
Mobility scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86045, longitude 0.25525, in the BN27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hailsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hailsham West, Wealden, BN27 3DN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016471601333
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
295
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 1 (Mobility scooter)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most 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 2016471601333 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.