B2204 crash in Rother on 13 January 2022 at 14:35 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A car, a Volkswagen Polo and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the B2204 in Rother at 14:35 on Thursday 13 January 2022. The 54-year-old male driver of the car, the 36-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 70-year-old male passenger in the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 2022
- Thursday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89873, longitude 0.45042, in the TN33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Catsfield & Crowhurst, Rother, TN33 9DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rother
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022471131749
- Council area
- Rother
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2204
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
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, 39 metres away, was a fatal crash on 2 January 2003.
Fatal
Toyota Starlet crash on the B2204 in Rother, 2 January 2003
39 m awayRef 200347K158497
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2204 in Rother, 8 August 1993
39 m awayRef 199347TA30350
Slight
Nissan Cherry crash on a C road in Rother, 14 December 1995
43 m awayRef 199547TA50615
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on the B2204 in Rother, 24 January 1998
45 m awayRef 199847TA80033
Serious
Car crash on the A269 in Rother, 18 April 1980
47 m awayRef 198047TA00167
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B2204 in Rother, 17 December 2001
88 m awayRef 200147T145343
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2022471131749 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 2022.