Serious A26 crash in Lewes on 10 September 2021 at 13:05 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A26 in Lewes at 13:05 on Friday 10 September 2021. The 25-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Sep 2021
- Friday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Connect and Citroen C3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89814, longitude 0.03936, in the BN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ouse Valley & Ringmer, Lewes, BN8 5RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewes
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471086321
- 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
- 26
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 2025.
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A26 in Lewes, 20 September 2025
6 m awayRef 2025471644265
Slight
Volkswagen CC crash on the A26 in Lewes, 27 March 2014
14 m awayRef 2014471401659
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A26 in Lewes, 11 March 2001
15 m awayRef 200147S134330
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A26 in Lewes, 16 September 2021
15 m awayRef 2021471088974
Slight
Volkswagen 800 crash on the A26 in Lewes, 24 August 2004
17 m awayRef 200447K178017
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A26 in Lewes, 16 November 2004
17 m awayRef 200447K180924
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021471086321 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.