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Serious A27 crash in Lewes on 22 October 2016 at 13:07 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class, a minibus and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 13:07 on Saturday 22 October 2016. The 50-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were seriously injured and the 50-year-old male driver of the minibus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Oct 2016
Saturday, 13:07
Vehicles
3
Mercedes C Class and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86711, longitude -0.0056, in the BN7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016471606346
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
27
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    6,208 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2016471606346 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 2016.