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Unclassified road crash in Lewes BN8 on 5 November 2025 at 16:04 involving a Toyota Prius taxi

A Toyota Prius taxi and a Volkswagen Caddy van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewes at 16:04 on Wednesday 5 November 2025. The 36-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 2025
Wednesday, 16:04
Vehicles
2
Toyota Prius and Volkswagen Caddy
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94, longitude -0.02478, in the BN8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025471667003
Council area
Lewes
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
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
Fine, no high winds

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, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 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 2025471667003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 2025.