Serious A27 crash in Lewes on 11 June 2021 at 20:03 involving a Volvo V70
Four vehicles, including a Volvo V70 and a car, were involved in a crash on the A27 in Lewes at 20:03 on Friday 11 June 2021. The 53-year-old male driver of the Volvo V70 was seriously injured and the 47-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Jun 2021
- Friday, 20:03
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volvo V70 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85388, longitude 0.08237, in the BN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ouse Valley & Ringmer, Lewes, BN8 6LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471054972
- Council area
- Lewes
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2011.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A27 in Lewes, 24 January 2011
7 m awayRef 2011471100555
Slight
Car crash on the A27 in Lewes, 30 September 1982
7 m awayRef 198247CA20921
Slight
Reliant Rialto crash on the A27 in Lewes, 20 December 1998
7 m awayRef 199847S002094
Slight
BMW R Series crash on the A27 in Lewes, 27 September 2023
7 m awayRef 2023471359825
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A27 in Lewes, 28 January 2011
12 m awayRef 2011471100720
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Lewes, 15 April 1982
12 m awayRef 198247CA20308
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,435 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Seat Alhambra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,742 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V70)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2021471054972 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 2021.