B2112 crash in Lewes on 20 August 2019 at 19:38 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4, a Land Rover Freelander and a Ford Transit minibus were involved in a crash on the B2112 in Lewes at 19:38 on Tuesday 20 August 2019. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Aug 2019
- Tuesday, 19:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95858, longitude -0.09966, in the RH15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wivelsfield, Lewes, RH15 0SJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470870073
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2112
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2013.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 22 November 2013
1 m awayRef 2013471306334
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 2 August 2015
1 m awayRef 2015471504444
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 5 September 2020
2 m awayRef 2020470978315
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 12 April 2021
2 m awayRef 2021471034651
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 8 June 1997
4 m awayRef 199747HA70380
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B2112 in Lewes, 14 June 2022
4 m awayRef 2022471187695
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, minibus occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019470870073 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 2019.