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Unclassified road crash in Hastings TN38 on 21 May 1990 at 10:15 involving a Volvo 245

A Volvo 245 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Hastings at 10:15 on Monday 21 May 1990. A 3-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 May 1990
Monday, 10:15
Vehicles
1
Volvo 245
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86843, longitude 0.52687, in the TN38 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hastings.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047TA00262
Council area
Hastings
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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 slight injury crash on 5 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 245

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 245)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199047TA00262 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hastings road accident statistics for 1990.