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A28 crash in Rother on 16 September 2021 at 15:11 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a Toyota Urban Cruiser were involved in a crash on the A28 in Rother at 15:11 on Thursday 16 September 2021. A 4-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira, the 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and the 24-year-old male driver of the Toyota Urban Cruiser were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Sep 2021
Thursday, 15:11
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and Toyota Urban Cruiser
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91022, longitude 0.57558, in the TN35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Westfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sedlescombe & Westfield, Rother, TN35 4QZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021471088541
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
28
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Urban Cruiser

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Urban Cruiser)

    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 2021471088541 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.