A259 crash in Rother on 6 April 2021 at 09:15 involving a BMW Z4
A BMW Z4, a Mini One and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A259 in Rother at 09:15 on Tuesday 6 April 2021. The 29-year-old male driver of the BMW Z4, the 61-year-old female driver of the Mini One and the 69-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Apr 2021
- Tuesday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW Z4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84462, longitude 0.40538, in the TN39 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bexhill St Marks, Rother, TN39 4QR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rother
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471032943
- Council area
- Rother
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 1993.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A259 in Rother, 30 May 1993
4 m awayRef 199347TA30221
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the A259 in Rother, 3 January 2013
7 m awayRef 2013471300035
Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the A259 in Rother, 24 July 2014
32 m awayRef 2014471404220
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Rother, 21 June 1985
37 m awayRef 198547TA50256
Slight
Opel crash on the A259 in Rother, 19 October 2011
45 m awayRef 2011471106585
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Rother, 22 August 1988
45 m awayRef 198847TA80411
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW Z4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW Z4)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021471032943 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 2021.