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Unclassified road crash in Lewes BN25 on 11 November 2017 at 12:30 involving a Vauxhall Meriva

A Vauxhall Meriva and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewes at 12:30 on Saturday 11 November 2017. The 21-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 2017
Saturday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Meriva and Citroen C4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78106, longitude 0.12099, in the BN25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seaford East, Lewes, BN25 4EZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017471706462
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    87 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

    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 2017471706462 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.