B2104 crash in Wealden on 30 August 2018 at 13:27 involving a Vauxhall Agila
A Vauxhall Agila and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the B2104 in Wealden at 13:27 on Thursday 30 August 2018. The 64-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia and the 81-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Agila were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Aug 2018
- Thursday, 13:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Agila and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85728, longitude 0.25338, in the BN27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hailsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hailsham West, Wealden, BN27 3DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471804835
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2104
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2012.
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the B2104 in Wealden, 12 March 2012
9 m awayRef 2012471201503
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B2104 in Wealden, 25 July 1983
22 m awayRef 198347SA30470
Serious
Car crash on the B2104 in Wealden, 27 April 1989
38 m awayRef 198947SA90186
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2104 in Wealden, 21 December 1981
48 m awayRef 198147SA10539
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2104 in Wealden, 21 December 2012
62 m awayRef 2012471206843
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B2104 in Wealden, 31 December 2018
68 m awayRef 2018471807252
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Agila)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018471804835 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.