Unclassified road crash in Lewes BN25 on 21 October 2019 at 13:44 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3, a lorry and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewes at 13:44 on Monday 21 October 2019. The 84-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Oct 2019
- Monday, 13:44
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77772, longitude 0.09827, in the BN25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seaford Central, Lewes, BN25 2AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019470890288
- Council area
- Lewes
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 11 December 2010.
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 11 December 2010
1 m awayRef 2010471008403
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 17 November 2004
1 m awayRef 200447K180933
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 7 October 2003
1 m awayRef 200347K167773
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 26 February 2008
1 m awayRef 2008470801614
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 30 January 2001
9 m awayRef 200147S133688
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on an unclassified road in Lewes, 27 March 2012
13 m awayRef 2012471201607
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 56 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2019470890288 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.