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B2123 crash in Brighton and Hove on 9 January 1991 at 10:55 involving a Scania bus

A car and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on the B2123 in Brighton and Hove at 10:55 on Wednesday 9 January 1991. A 73-year-old female passenger in the Scania bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jan 1991
Wednesday, 10:55
Vehicles
2
Car and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8049, longitude -0.05822, in the BN51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199147CA10027
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2123
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    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 199147CA10027 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 1991.