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Fatal A259 crash in Eastbourne on 5 August 1994 at 08:25 involving a Reliant Scimitar

A Reliant Scimitar hit a pedestrian on the A259 in Eastbourne at 08:25 on Friday 5 August 1994. An 85-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 41-year-old male driver was 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
Fatal
Date
5 Aug 1994
Friday, 08:25
Vehicles
1
Reliant Scimitar
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77843, longitude 0.29915, in the BN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199447SA40499
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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
B
Second road number
2106

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 12 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Reliant Scimitar

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 85, hit by vehicle 1 (Reliant Scimitar)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Reliant Scimitar)

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 199447SA40499 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 1994.