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Serious unclassified road crash in Eastbourne BN22 on 3 December 1990 at 14:05 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Eastbourne at 14:05 on Monday 3 December 1990. An 87-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1990
Monday, 14:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79482, longitude 0.26618, in the BN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047SA00593
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 July 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 87, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199047SA00593 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastbourne road accident statistics for 1990.