A22 crash in Wealden on 5 June 2016 at 15:52 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 15:52 on Sunday 5 June 2016. The 67-year-old male driver of the Honda Jazz and a 62-year-old female passenger in the Honda Jazz 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
- 5 Jun 2016
- Sunday, 15:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Honda Jazz
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89277, longitude 0.17937, in the BN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron, Wealden, BN8 6JE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471603290
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2124
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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 June 2020.
Serious
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on the A22 in Wealden, 15 June 2020
2 m awayRef 2020470957378
Slight
Citroen Nemo crash on the A22 in Wealden, 21 March 2024
3 m awayRef 2024471423260
Slight
Skoda Yeti crash on the A22 in Wealden, 26 November 2015
3 m awayRef 2015471507003
Serious
Volkswagen T-Roc crash on the A22 in Wealden, 17 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025471684623
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A22 in Wealden, 22 November 2022
4 m awayRef 2022471246242
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A22 in Wealden, 13 September 2015
4 m awayRef 2015471505313
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2016471603290 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.