B2185 crash in Brighton and Hove on 6 November 1998 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Rover 200 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove at 18:15 on Friday 6 November 1998. The 30-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Nov 1998
- Friday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83095, longitude -0.16776, in the BN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199847C002367
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2185
- Road type
- Dual 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2011.
Slight
Jeep Wrangler crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 28 February 2011
14 m awayRef 2011471101332
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 6 September 2021
17 m awayRef 2021471084481
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 17 September 1999
22 m awayRef 199947C005257
Serious
Seat Mii crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 11 December 2024
23 m awayRef 2024471528844
Serious
Triumph Bonneville crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 16 May 2025
26 m awayRef 2025471591117
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 3 June 2000
41 m awayRef 200047C007230
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
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 199847C002367 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.