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A259 crash in Lewes on 2 May 2017 at 17:00 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus, a Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A259 in Lewes at 17:00 on Tuesday 2 May 2017. The 39-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 39-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were 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
2 May 2017
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Ford Focus and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79588, longitude -0.02212, in the BN10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Telscombe Cliffs. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs, Lewes, BN10 7AH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471702413
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
259
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2017471702413 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 2017.