A26 crash in Wealden on 8 July 2016 at 18:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A26 in Wealden at 18:15 on Friday 8 July 2016. The 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta 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
- 8 Jul 2016
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05381, longitude 0.15381, in the TN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crowborough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crowborough South West, Wealden, TN6 1LQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471604334
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 26
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2016.
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A26 in Wealden, 15 November 2016
1 m awayRef 2016471606865
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the A26 in Wealden, 4 June 2013
2 m awayRef 2013471302810
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A26 in Wealden, 26 April 1997
3 m awayRef 199747HA70279
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A26 in Wealden, 18 July 1994
3 m awayRef 199447HA40429
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A26 in Wealden, 17 January 1997
3 m awayRef 199747HA70043
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A26 in Wealden, 31 December 1997
3 m awayRef 199747HA70933
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2016471604334 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.