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Unclassified road crash in Eastbourne BN23 on 29 October 1995 at 11:20 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440 and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne at 11:20 on Sunday 29 October 1995. The 35-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro 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
29 Oct 1995
Sunday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo 440 and Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78714, longitude 0.3044, in the BN23 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
199547SA50726
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    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 199547SA50726 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.