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A27 crash in Wealden on 27 September 2024 at 07:33 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Puma were involved in a crash on the A27 in Wealden at 07:33 on Friday 27 September 2024. The 21-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, a 29-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and the 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Puma were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Sep 2024
Friday, 07:33
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Puma
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8382, longitude 0.13984, in the BN26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arlington, Wealden, BN26 6UE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024471496597
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
27
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, no 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

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 2024471496597 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 2024.