A27 crash in Lewes on 24 March 2018 at 13:34 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Jaguar X Type were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 13:34 on Saturday 24 March 2018. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Jaguar X Type 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
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2018
- Saturday, 13:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Jaguar X Type
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86327, longitude -0.0815, in the BN1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingston, Lewes, BN1 9BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471801644
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 27
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2005.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A27 in Lewes, 2 July 2005
2 m awayRef 2005470505205
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Brighton and Hove, 18 December 1987
11 m awayRef 198747CA71148
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on the A27 in Lewes, 22 November 2006
14 m awayRef 2006470610023
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A27 in Lewes, 25 November 2006
20 m awayRef 2006470610791
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A27 in Lewes, 16 July 2011
21 m awayRef 2011471104953
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Lewes, 24 June 1989
30 m awayRef 198947LA90258
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar X Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jaguar X Type)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018471801644 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 2018.