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Serious unclassified road crash in Eastbourne BN22 on 28 February 2003 at 09:48 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Eastbourne at 09:48 on Friday 28 February 2003. A 71-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Feb 2003
Friday, 09:48
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79637, longitude 0.266, in the BN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200347K160403
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 200347K160403 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 2003.