A259 crash in Eastbourne on 2 August 1995 at 16:25 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord and a car were involved in a crash on the A259 in Eastbourne at 16:25 on Wednesday 2 August 1995. The 34-year-old female driver of the Honda Accord and a 23-year-old female passenger in the car were 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
- 2 Aug 1995
- Wednesday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Accord and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78505, longitude 0.30572, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199547SA50505
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 23 June 1991.
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 23 June 1991
At the same spotRef 199147SA10230
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 25 June 1992
At the same spotRef 199247SA20323
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 4 April 2021
6 m awayRef 2021471033731
Serious
Honda CRF 300 crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 17 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025471684499
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 25 January 2020
8 m awayRef 2020470923256
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 30 September 1993
10 m awayRef 199347SA30609
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,829 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 199547SA50505 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 1995.