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A259 crash in Hastings on 7 July 1990 at 19:38 involving a Rover 3.5 Litre

A car and a Rover 3.5 Litre were involved in a crash on the A259 in Hastings at 19:38 on Saturday 7 July 1990. All four casualties 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
7 Jul 1990
Saturday, 19:38
Vehicles
2
Car and Rover 3.5 Litre
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85524, longitude 0.58711, in the TN34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hastings.

Map of where the crash happened in Hastings

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199047TA00376
Council area
Hastings
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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
Zebra crossing

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 2 May 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 3.5 Litre

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    3,528 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat 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 199047TA00376 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.