A259 crash in Rother on 25 June 2018 at 12:12 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2018
- Monday, 12:12
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mitsubishi Shogun and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84605, longitude 0.39699, in the TN39 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bexhill St Marks, Rother, TN39 4QR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471803513
- 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
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2016.
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on the A259 in Rother, 2 April 2016
4 m awayRef 2016471601913
Slight
Lorry crash on the A259 in Rother, 19 June 1987
9 m awayRef 198747TA70259
Serious
Kawasaki KLE650 crash on the A259 in Rother, 12 July 2014
10 m awayRef 2014471403938
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Rother, 27 July 1981
12 m awayRef 198147TA10354
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A259 in Rother, 6 February 2013
13 m awayRef 2013471300716
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A259 in Rother, 20 April 2007
20 m awayRef 2007470703297
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,834 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 208)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2018471803513 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 2018.