A259 crash in Wealden on 30 December 2022 at 12:13 involving a Nissan Qashqai
Two Nissan Qashqais were involved in a crash on the A259 in Wealden at 12:13 on Friday 30 December 2022. The 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 2, a 12-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 14-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2022
- Friday, 12:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84811, longitude 0.37909, in the TN33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels, Wealden, TN33 9HH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022471258359
- 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
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 17 September 2018.
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A259 in Wealden, 17 September 2018
5 m awayRef 2018471805140
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A259 in Wealden, 10 January 2020
6 m awayRef 2020470918099
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A269 in Rother, 16 November 2001
6 m awayRef 200147T144187
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A259 in Wealden, 4 October 1990
6 m awayRef 199047TA00553
Slight
Daihatsu Cuore crash on the A259 in Wealden, 4 May 2004
6 m awayRef 200447K174562
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A259 in Wealden, 24 April 2015
7 m awayRef 2015471502324
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- 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
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022471258359 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.