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A259 crash in Eastbourne on 28 September 1999 at 15:20 involving a Volvo 760

A Volvo 760 and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the A259 in Eastbourne at 15:20 on Tuesday 28 September 1999. The 55-year-old female driver of the Volvo 760 and the 31-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xantia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Sep 1999
Tuesday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo 760 and Citroen Xantia
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76858, longitude 0.28905, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199947S003729
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 760

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,849 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia

    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
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 760)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)

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 199947S003729 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastbourne road accident statistics for 1999.