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A259 crash in Eastbourne on 26 July 1993 at 12:15 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus crashed on the A259 in Eastbourne at 12:15 on Monday 26 July 1993. An 80-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 1993
Monday, 12:15
Vehicles
1
Bristol (BLMC)
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76868, longitude 0.28307, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199347SA30469
Council area
Eastbourne
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 199347SA30469 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.