A22 crash in Wealden on 30 November 2020 at 15:45 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A22 in Wealden at 15:45 on Monday 30 November 2020. The 50-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2020
- Monday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81968, longitude 0.27501, in the BN24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Polegate Central, Wealden, BN24 5NT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020471004967
- 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
- 22
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 22
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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 March 2009.
Serious
Volvo crash on the A22 in Wealden, 20 March 2009
6 m awayRef 2009470902228
Slight
Car crash on the A22 in Wealden, 19 September 2021
14 m awayRef 2021471089212
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A22 in Wealden, 23 August 2020
15 m awayRef 2020470974828
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A27 in Eastbourne, 8 January 2002
16 m awayRef 200247S146718
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A22 in Wealden, 6 September 2002
16 m awayRef 200247K155767
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 19 November 2001
16 m awayRef 200147S144765
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020471004967 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 2020.