A259 crash in Eastbourne on 18 January 1993 at 13:40 involving an Austin Montego
An Austin Montego hit a pedestrian on the A259 in Eastbourne at 13:40 on Monday 18 January 1993. A 37-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 1993
- Monday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Austin Montego
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76908, longitude 0.28096, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199347SA30037
- Council area
- Eastbourne
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 259
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2024.
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 6 February 2024
2 m awayRef 2024471407166
Slight
Scania crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 5 June 2021
7 m awayRef 2021471052541
Slight
Bus crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 28 March 2007
10 m awayRef 2007470702762
Serious
Kawasaki EJ650 crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 17 July 2002
10 m awayRef 200247K152671
Serious
Car crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 2 December 1982
10 m awayRef 198247SA20853
Slight
Bus crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 20 July 1983
10 m awayRef 198347SA30451
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)
- 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 199347SA30037 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 1993.