A295 crash in Wealden on 22 January 2021 at 17:55 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A295 in Wealden at 17:55 on Friday 22 January 2021. A 31-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Toyota Aygo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jan 2021
- Friday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86042, longitude 0.25495, in the BN27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hailsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hailsham West, Wealden, BN27 3DN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471016343
- 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
- 295
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 1993.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A295 in Wealden, 6 August 1993
6 m awayRef 199347SA30456
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A295 in Wealden, 28 June 2010
6 m awayRef 2010471004288
Slight
Van crash on the A295 in Wealden, 2 July 1986
11 m awayRef 198647UA60329
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A295 in Wealden, 28 September 1994
12 m awayRef 199447SA40638
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A295 in Wealden, 31 July 2016
22 m awayRef 2016471604610
Slight
Mobility scooter crash on the A295 in Wealden, 2 March 2016
24 m awayRef 2016471601333
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Engine capacity
- 4,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021471016343 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 2021.