Serious B2102 crash in Wealden on 16 February 2019 at 09:39 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Harley-Davidson FXD motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2102 in Wealden at 09:39 on Saturday 16 February 2019. The 62-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson FXD motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Feb 2019
- Saturday, 09:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Harley-Davidson FXD
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96962, longitude 0.09398, in the TN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uckfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Uckfield East, Wealden, TN22 1PX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019471900911
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2102
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 98%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 2%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2023.
Slight
Car crash on the B2102 in Wealden, 7 November 2023
3 m awayRef 2023471371888
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 16 October 2014
5 m awayRef 2014471406080
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B2102 in Wealden, 12 July 2021
6 m awayRef 2021471065452
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 18 January 2010
9 m awayRef 2010471000355
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 30 December 1996
18 m awayRef 199647HA60873
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wealden, 16 March 1995
20 m awayRef 199547HA50172
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson FXD
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,584 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 62, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson FXD)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019471900911 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.