B2240 crash in Eastbourne on 18 September 2006 at 18:46 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra hit a pedestrian on the B2240 in Eastbourne at 18:46 on Monday 18 September 2006. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Sep 2006
- Monday, 18:46
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80234, longitude 0.2687, in the BN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ratton, Eastbourne, BN22 0TE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006470608163
- Council area
- Eastbourne
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2240
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 March 1991.
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 13 March 1991
10 m awayRef 199147SA10090
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 28 October 1979
14 m awayRef 197947SA90521
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 24 June 1981
14 m awayRef 198147SA10242
Slight
Austin Ambassador crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 16 July 1992
14 m awayRef 199247SA20279
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 26 February 2005
14 m awayRef 2005470501285
Serious
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 28 April 1998
32 m awayRef 199847S000210
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- 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 2006470608163 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 2006.