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Serious A27 crash in Wealden on 30 October 2019 at 14:15 involving an Audi A4

An Audi A4 crashed on the A27 in Wealden at 14:15 on Wednesday 30 October 2019. The 41-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 12-year-old male passenger and a 38-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Oct 2019
Wednesday, 14:15
Vehicles
1
Audi A4
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82293, longitude 0.33661, in the BN24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels, Wealden, BN24 5LN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019470894386
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
27
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2019470894386 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 2019.