Serious A28 crash in Rother on 15 August 2016 at 19:10 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the A28 in Rother at 19:10 on Monday 15 August 2016. The 77-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Freelander was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Aug 2016
- Monday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Land Rover Freelander
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94875, longitude 0.59799, in the TN31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broad Oak.
Map of where the crash happened in Rother
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016471604892
- Council area
- Rother
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 28
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2089
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 97%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 3%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2020.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A28 in Rother, 26 September 2020
1 m awayRef 2020470984587
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A28 in Rother, 4 May 2017
1 m awayRef 2017471702459
Serious
Car crash on the A28 in Rother, 13 May 1983
3 m awayRef 198347TA30198
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2098 in Rother, 26 October 1990
3 m awayRef 199047TA00594
Slight
Car crash on the A28 in Rother, 19 August 1987
3 m awayRef 198747TA70393
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A28 in Rother, 24 May 1990
3 m awayRef 199047TA00275
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016471604892 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 2016.