A22 crash in Wealden on 14 June 2022 at 15:11 involving a Mitsubishi L200 van
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jun 2022
- Tuesday, 15:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi L200 and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81956, longitude 0.27544, in the BN24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Polegate Central, Wealden, BN24 5NT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022471187658
- 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
- 22
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2247
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 26 February 2017.
Slight
Car crash on the A22 in Wealden, 26 February 2017
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Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A22 in Wealden, 2 August 2025
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Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2247 in Wealden, 6 December 2019
10 m awayRef 2019470908940
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the B2247 in Wealden, 25 June 1994
11 m awayRef 199447SA40402
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A22 in Wealden, 7 January 2025
11 m awayRef 2025471543550
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A22 in Wealden, 24 March 2016
11 m awayRef 2016471601766
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi L200
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi L200)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022471187658 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.