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Serious A2101 crash in Hastings on 5 August 1997 at 11:09 involving a Rover Montego

A Rover Montego hit a pedestrian on the A2101 in Hastings at 11:09 on Tuesday 5 August 1997. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 11:09
Vehicles
1
Rover Montego
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85697, longitude 0.58195, in the TN34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hastings.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747TA70393
Council area
Hastings
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2101
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 27 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover Montego)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199747TA70393 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hastings road accident statistics for 1997.