Serious A267 crash in Wealden on 29 March 2018 at 07:45 involving a Land Rover Range Rover
A Land Rover Range Rover and a Nissan Juke were involved in a crash on the A267 in Wealden at 07:45 on Thursday 29 March 2018. The 59-year-old female driver of the Nissan Juke was seriously injured and the 69-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Range Rover was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Mar 2018
- Thursday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Range Rover and Nissan Juke
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.99389, longitude 0.21335, in the TN20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hadlow Down & Rotherfield, Wealden, TN20 6JH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471801722
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 267
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 272
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 97%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 3%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 2018.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A267 in Wealden, 13 February 2018
2 m awayRef 2018471800843
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A267 in Wealden, 22 June 2021
2 m awayRef 2021471058266
Serious
Datsun Cherry crash on the A267 in Wealden, 10 July 1996
2 m awayRef 199647HA60441
Slight
Car crash on the A267 in Wealden, 7 May 1980
2 m awayRef 198047RA00139
Serious
Lexus RX400 crash on the A267 in Wealden, 19 March 2013
2 m awayRef 2013471301479
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A267 in Wealden, 17 July 1996
2 m awayRef 199647HA60442
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,628 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Juke)
- 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 2018471801722 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wealden road accident statistics for 2018.