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Serious B2109 crash in Lewes on 21 May 1998 at 07:30 involving a Suzuki X-90

A Suzuki X-90 hit a pedestrian on the B2109 in Lewes at 07:30 on Thursday 21 May 1998. A 1-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
21 May 1998
Thursday, 07:30
Vehicles
1
Suzuki X-90
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80062, longitude 0.05997, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199847S000367
Council area
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2109
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
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, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki X-90

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki X-90)

    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 199847S000367 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 1998.