C road crash in Brighton and Hove BN1 on 2 April 1990 at 08:18 involving a Leyland National bus
A car and a Leyland National bus were involved in a crash on a C road in Brighton and Hove at 08:18 on Monday 2 April 1990. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Leyland National bus and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Leyland National bus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 1990
- Monday, 08:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Leyland National
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8441, longitude -0.14594, in the BN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199047CA00272
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Leyland National
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland National)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
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 199047CA00272 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 1990.