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Fatal A22 crash in Wealden on 22 September 2018 at 02:46 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic crashed on the A22 in Wealden at 02:46 on Saturday 22 September 2018. A 78-year-old female passenger was killed and the 80-year-old male driver and a 47-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
22 Sep 2018
Saturday, 02:46
Vehicles
1
Honda Civic
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98831, longitude 0.09058, in the TN22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Uckfield North, Wealden, TN22 2EA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018471805230
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
22
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
26

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2018471805230 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.