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Serious A259 crash in Brighton and Hove on 18 July 1998 at 17:53

A vehicle crashed on the A259 in Brighton and Hove at 17:53 on Saturday 18 July 1998. The 42-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jul 1998
Saturday, 17:53
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80427, longitude -0.06392, in the BN2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847C001171
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 199847C001171 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.