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Serious unclassified road crash in Eastbourne BN22 on 17 December 1996 at 20:33 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne at 20:33 on Tuesday 17 December 1996. The 40-year-old female driver of the Austin Maestro was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 20:33
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Austin Maestro
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80598, longitude 0.27509, in the BN22 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199647SA60974
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
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

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 199647SA60974 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.