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A21 crash in Rother on 12 December 2025 at 07:26 involving a Scania lorry

A lorry and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A21 in Rother at 07:26 on Friday 12 December 2025. The 60-year-old male driver of the Scania lorry was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2025
Friday, 07:26
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95494, longitude 0.49994, in the TN32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Battle, Netherfield & Whatlington, Rother, TN33 0NZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rother

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025471681856
Council area
Rother
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
B
Second road number
2089

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    9,290 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025471681856 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rother road accident statistics for 2025.