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Serious unclassified road crash in Eastbourne BN23 on 18 November 1996 at 18:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne at 18:00 on Monday 18 November 1996. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Nov 1996
Monday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
5
1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80477, longitude 0.30016, in the BN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647SA60875
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 26 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 199647SA60875 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.