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A267 crash in Wealden on 27 May 2022 at 19:15 involving a Mazda MX-5

A Mazda MX-5 and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the A267 in Wealden at 19:15 on Friday 27 May 2022. A 55-year-old female passenger in the Mazda MX-5, the 56-year-old male driver of the Mazda MX-5 and the 81-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 2022
Friday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Mazda MX-5 and Seat Leon
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97915, longitude 0.219, in the TN21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Framfield & Cross-in-Hand, Wealden, TN21 0UE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022471182206
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
267
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2102

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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,840 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    23 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Leon)

    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 2022471182206 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 2022.