B2137 crash in Brighton and Hove on 9 October 1979 at 16:30 involving a van
A van and a car were involved in a crash on the B2137 in Brighton and Hove at 16:30 on Tuesday 9 October 1979. The 40-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Oct 1979
- Tuesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8165, longitude -0.10728, in the BN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197947CA91007
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2137
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- C
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1981.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Brighton and Hove, 1 February 1981
10 m awayRef 198147CA10104
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2137 in Brighton and Hove, 18 October 1996
10 m awayRef 199647CA60864
Slight
Peugeot 505 crash on the B2137 in Brighton and Hove, 22 May 1992
10 m awayRef 199247CA20341
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B2137 in Brighton and Hove, 21 May 1990
10 m awayRef 199047CA00425
Slight
Car crash on the B2137 in Brighton and Hove, 4 August 1986
10 m awayRef 198647CA60777
Slight
Car crash on the B2137 in Brighton and Hove, 13 July 1984
10 m awayRef 198447CA40760
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 197947CA91007 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1979.