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Unclassified road crash in Wealden TN21 on 7 September 2025 at 15:15 involving a BMW M1

Two ridden horses and a BMW M1 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wealden at 15:15 on Sunday 7 September 2025. The 17-year-old female rider of vehicle 1 and the 16-year-old female rider of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Sep 2025
Sunday, 15:15
Vehicles
3
BMW M1 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95219, longitude 0.22072, in the TN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cross in Hand.

Map of where the crash happened in Wealden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025471639702
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
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
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, 363 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ridden horse

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ridden horse

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 3: BMW M1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    2,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, horse rider, on vehicle 1 (Ridden horse)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, horse rider, on vehicle 2 (Ridden horse)

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 2025471639702 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 2025.