Second incident reported on Sussex A-road as two cars collide

A second collision was reported on the A272, adding to local traffic disruption.

At 11.20am on Sunday (November 8), it was reported that two cars collided between Haywards Heath and Uckfield.

A report from AA Traffic News read: “Road blocked and slow traffic due to accident, two cars involved on A272 Goldbridge Road – both ways near Shortbridge Road.”

A live map suggests the stretch has since reopened in both directions.

At 11.20am on Sunday (November 8), it was reported that two cars collided on A272 Goldbridge Road, between Haywards Heath and Uckfield. Photo: Google Earthplaceholder image
At 11.20am on Sunday (November 8), it was reported that two cars collided on A272 Goldbridge Road, between Haywards Heath and Uckfield. Photo: Google Earth

This followed an earlier collision on the A272, involving a motorcycle, near Cuckfield.

The AA first reported the closure at 8.15am.

The traffic information service said the road was ‘closed due to [an] accident’, adding: “Motorcycle involved on A272 both ways from the B2184 to the B2036.”

A second AA alert, first logged at 9.20am, listed a closure from B2184 Tylers Green to B2272 Butlers Green Road. It said it was ‘in relation to the A272 closure both ways between Ansty and Cuckfield’.

The emergency services have been approached for more information.

To use the AA route planner to plan your journey, click here.

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