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A259 crash in Eastbourne on 21 February 1996 at 22:45 involving a Rover Montego

A Rover Montego hit a pedestrian on the A259 in Eastbourne at 22:45 on Wednesday 21 February 1996. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 1996
Wednesday, 22:45
Vehicles
1
Rover Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76929, longitude 0.28863, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647SA60119
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2136

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover Montego)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 199647SA60119 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 1996.