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Serious C road crash in Brighton and Hove BN41 on 31 December 1984 at 17:40 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in Brighton and Hove at 17:40 on Monday 31 December 1984. An 82-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 1984
Monday, 17:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83488, longitude -0.20638, in the BN41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198447CA41470
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2194

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198447CA41470 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 1984.