A21 crash in Rother on 11 December 2020 at 18:15 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A21 in Rother at 18:15 on Friday 11 December 2020. The 52-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia, a 51-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Insignia were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2020
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9248, longitude 0.53318, in the TN33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sedlescombe & Westfield, Rother, TN33 0RG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020471009617
- Council area
- Rother
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2244
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 February 2021.
Serious
Lexus IS 220 crash on the B2244 in Rother, 13 February 2021
5 m awayRef 2021471021308
Slight
Car crash on the A21 in Rother, 23 December 2022
7 m awayRef 2022471256854
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B2244 in Rother, 25 March 2003
8 m awayRef 200347K161670
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B2244 in Rother, 23 October 2009
8 m awayRef 2009470908358
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B2244 in Rother, 15 August 2008
8 m awayRef 2008470806306
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A21 in Hastings, 17 October 2003
8 m awayRef 200347K167945
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020471009617 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 2020.