A22 crash in Wealden on 24 March 2016 at 17:51 involving a Ford C-Max
A Ford C-Max and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 17:51 on Thursday 24 March 2016. The 35-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 34-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2016
- Thursday, 17:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford C-Max and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81957, longitude 0.27537, in the BN24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Polegate Central, Wealden, BN24 5NT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471601766
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 2247
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 1995.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B2247 in Wealden, 24 February 1995
1 m awayRef 199547SA50170
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A22 in Wealden, 18 April 2003
1 m awayRef 200347K161980
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the B2247 in Wealden, 14 October 1994
1 m awayRef 199447SA40678
Slight
Rover Vitesse crash on the A22 in Wealden, 31 October 2002
1 m awayRef 200247K156335
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2247 in Wealden, 18 July 1997
1 m awayRef 199747SA70485
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A22 in Wealden, 7 January 2025
1 m awayRef 2025471543550
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016471601766 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.