A26 crash in Wealden on 3 December 2023 at 08:12 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
A Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a Triumph Tiger motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A26 in Wealden at 08:12 on Sunday 3 December 2023. The 51-year-old male rider of the Triumph Tiger motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2023
- Sunday, 08:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and Triumph Tiger
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06724, longitude 0.18419, in the TN6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Wealden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023471384357
- Council area
- Wealden
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 26
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 2157
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 27 October 2013.
Slight
MG ZR crash on the A26 in Wealden, 27 October 2013
5 m awayRef 2013471305743
Slight
Iveco crash on the A26 in Wealden, 10 June 1993
6 m awayRef 199347HA30356
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A26 in Wealden, 6 September 2010
6 m awayRef 2010471005862
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2157 in Wealden, 7 September 2008
6 m awayRef 2008470806904
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B2157 in Wealden, 31 July 2007
8 m awayRef 2007470706471
Slight
Scania crash on the A26 in Wealden, 13 February 1998
15 m awayRef 199847HA80120
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Triumph Tiger
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Tiger)
- 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 2023471384357 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 2023.