A267 crash in Wealden on 28 December 2018 at 04:59 involving a Renault Trucks lorry
A Renault Trucks lorry and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A267 in Wealden at 04:59 on Friday 28 December 2018. The 35-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2018
- Friday, 04:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Trucks and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07704, longitude 0.25526, in the TN3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018471807228
- 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
- 267
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
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, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 9 January 1995.
Fatal
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A267 in Wealden, 9 January 1995
6 m awayRef 199547HA50022
Slight
Car crash on the A267 in Wealden, 5 February 1982
6 m awayRef 198247SA20080
Serious
Car crash on the A267 in Wealden, 22 October 1982
10 m awayRef 198247SA20732
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A267 in Wealden, 28 December 2018
10 m awayRef 2018471807226
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A267 in Wealden, 23 April 1990
11 m awayRef 199047LA00198
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A267 in Wealden, 20 March 2007
11 m awayRef 2007470702467
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,837 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018471807228 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.