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Serious A268 crash in Rother on 29 April 2021 at 17:10 involving a bicycle

A bicycle hit a pedestrian on the A268 in Rother at 17:10 on Thursday 29 April 2021. A 5-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 13-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Apr 2021
Thursday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95208, longitude 0.73104, in the TN31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rye. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rye & Winchelsea, Rother, TN31 7JA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021471040970
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
268
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 20 February 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    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 2021471040970 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.