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Serious A270 crash in Brighton and Hove on 9 May 1994 at 08:45 involving a Toyota MR2

A Toyota MR2 hit a pedestrian on the A270 in Brighton and Hove at 08:45 on Monday 9 May 1994. A 10-year-old female pedestrian was seriously 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
Serious
Date
9 May 1994
Monday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Toyota MR2
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83365, longitude -0.12789, in the BN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447CA40360
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
270
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
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 May 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota MR2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota MR2)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199447CA40360 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 1994.