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C road crash in Brighton and Hove BN2 on 28 November 1998 at 20:35 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1

A London Taxis Int. TX1 hit a pedestrian on a C road in Brighton and Hove at 20:35 on Saturday 28 November 1998. An 85-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Nov 1998
Saturday, 20:35
Vehicles
1
London Taxis Int. TX1
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81632, longitude -0.10729, in the BN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847C002591
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 24 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 85, hit by vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

    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 199847C002591 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.