Unclassified road crash in Wealden BN27 on 25 May 2016 at 12:36 involving a Renault Kangoo
A Renault Kangoo and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wealden at 12:36 on Wednesday 25 May 2016. The 33-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 May 2016
- Wednesday, 12:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Kangoo and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85955, longitude 0.26701, in the BN27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hailsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hailsham East, Wealden, BN27 2HW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471603078
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1998.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 11 September 1998
23 m awayRef 199847S001227
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 25 March 1980
29 m awayRef 198047SA00125
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 9 September 1980
45 m awayRef 198047SA00415
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on a C road in Wealden, 17 January 2005
72 m awayRef 2005470500247
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 13 December 1998
90 m awayRef 199847S002042
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 28 January 1995
102 m awayRef 199547SA50067
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,487 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
- 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 2016471603078 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.