A269 crash in Rother on 11 September 2019 at 10:26 involving a Land Rover Range Rover
Six vehicles, including a Land Rover Range Rover and a Ford Focus, were involved in a crash on the A269 in Rother at 10:26 on Wednesday 11 September 2019. The 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and the 48-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Range Rover were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 2019
- Wednesday, 10:26
- Vehicles
- 6
- Land Rover Range Rover and 5 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86982, longitude 0.44433, in the TN39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lunsford's Cross.
Map of where the crash happened in Rother
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470877421
- 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
- 269
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2004.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A269 in Rother, 12 March 2004
10 m awayRef 200447K172958
Slight
Harley-Davidson FLS crash on the A269 in Rother, 2 July 2006
11 m awayRef 2006470605363
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A269 in Rother, 29 August 1997
12 m awayRef 199747TA70459
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A269 in Rother, 29 November 1995
17 m awayRef 199547TA50593
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A269 in Wealden, 27 November 1981
42 m awayRef 198147TA10579
Slight
Volvo C30 crash on the A269 in Rother, 8 October 2024
42 m awayRef 2024471501002
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,628 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Tesla Model X
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
Vehicle 6: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019470877421 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 2019.