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Serious A2690 crash in Rother on 8 July 2018 at 08:56 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A2690 in Rother at 08:56 on Sunday 8 July 2018. The 37-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jul 2018
Sunday, 08:56
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86863, longitude 0.50344, in the TN38 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018471803781
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
2690
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most 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 2018471803781 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.