B2112 crash in Lewes on 20 March 2018 at 14:20 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo, a Toyota Auris and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B2112 in Lewes at 14:20 on Tuesday 20 March 2018. The 42-year-old male driver of the Toyota Auris was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Mar 2018
- Tuesday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Aygo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96168, longitude -0.09415, in the RH15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wivelsfield, Lewes, RH15 0SJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471801731
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2112
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 1979.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 5 August 1979
4 m awayRef 197947CA90735
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 12 November 1994
4 m awayRef 199447HA40700
Slight
Car crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 3 February 1988
4 m awayRef 198847HA80084
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 12 November 1994
4 m awayRef 199447HA40699
Slight
Car crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 7 January 1988
4 m awayRef 198847HA80015
Serious
Car crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 1 April 1980
4 m awayRef 198047CA00287
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018471801731 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.