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A259 crash in Brighton and Hove on 30 April 1998 at 14:48 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus crashed on the A259 in Brighton and Hove at 14:48 on Thursday 30 April 1998. A female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 1998
Thursday, 14:48
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80328, longitude -0.05857, in the BN2 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847C000488
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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
Daylight

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 199847C000488 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 1998.