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Serious B2066 crash in Brighton and Hove on 9 March 1997 at 22:00 involving a Triumph Dolomite

A Triumph Dolomite hit a pedestrian on the B2066 in Brighton and Hove at 22:00 on Sunday 9 March 1997. A 26-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Mar 1997
Sunday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Triumph Dolomite
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82637, longitude -0.16268, in the BN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747CA70209
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2066
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Dolomite

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Triumph Dolomite)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199747CA70209 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 1997.