A2100 crash in Rother on 3 June 2017 at 21:38 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Peugeot 308 were involved in a crash on the A2100 in Rother at 21:38 on Saturday 3 June 2017. The 52-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 68-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 308 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jun 2017
- Saturday, 21:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Peugeot 308
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91222, longitude 0.49196, in the TN33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Battle. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Battle, Netherfield & Whatlington, Rother, TN33 0AQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471703065
- 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
- 2100
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2095
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 25 April 2021.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B2095 in Rother, 25 April 2021
1 m awayRef 2021471038924
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A2100 in Rother, 9 November 2021
3 m awayRef 2021471107956
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A2100 in Rother, 25 August 2017
4 m awayRef 2017471704811
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A2100 in Rother, 2 November 2019
4 m awayRef 2019470894437
Slight
Van crash on the A2100 in Rother, 26 December 1981
4 m awayRef 198147TA10628
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A2100 in Rother, 14 December 1998
4 m awayRef 199847T001681
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 308)
- 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 2017471703065 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 2017.