A27 crash in Wealden on 10 May 2021 at 08:15 involving a Renault Kangoo van
A Renault Kangoo van and a Skoda Superb were involved in a crash on the A27 in Wealden at 08:15 on Monday 10 May 2021. The 40-year-old male driver of the Skoda Superb was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 2021
- Monday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Kangoo and Skoda Superb
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82129, longitude 0.23023, in the BN26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Downs, Wealden, BN26 5SA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471043476
- 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
- 27
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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 slight injury crash on 16 June 2024.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A27 in Wealden, 16 June 2024
5 m awayRef 2024471456457
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Wealden, 19 October 1982
5 m awayRef 198247SA20728
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A27 in Wealden, 3 October 1991
9 m awayRef 199147SA10404
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A27 in Wealden, 24 February 2017
19 m awayRef 2017471701113
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the A27 in Wealden, 4 September 2009
26 m awayRef 2009470906477
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the A27 in Wealden, 8 July 2018
29 m awayRef 2018471803805
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Superb)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021471043476 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.