A259 crash in Wealden on 13 August 2016 at 08:23 involving a Peugeot 206
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2016
- Saturday, 08:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82228, longitude 0.34242, in the BN24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pevensey Bay, Wealden, BN24 6AA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471604839
- 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
- 259
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 27
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 October 2025.
Serious
BMW X3 crash on the A259 in Wealden, 20 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025471657138
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A27 in Wealden, 23 March 2009
9 m awayRef 2009470902074
Slight
Mazda CX-5 crash on the A259 in Wealden, 21 September 2024
9 m awayRef 2024471497784
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A27 in Wealden, 10 March 2002
10 m awayRef 200247S148713
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A27 in Wealden, 27 May 2002
10 m awayRef 200247K148713
Slight
Van crash on the A27 in Wealden, 13 September 2020
13 m awayRef 2020470980327
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 36, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016471604839 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.