A259 crash in Hastings on 22 February 2008 at 16:35 involving a Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle
A Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A259 in Hastings at 16:35 on Friday 22 February 2008. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle 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
- 22 Feb 2008
- Friday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha DT 125 R and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85093, longitude 0.53433, in the TN38 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hastings. It is one of the crashes that make up the West St Leonards, Hastings, TN38 0AX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hastings
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008470801504
- Council area
- Hastings
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A2590 in Hastings, 19 December 2000
At the same spotRef 200047T130975
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A259 in Hastings, 21 October 2020
5 m awayRef 2020470992240
Serious
Honda SES125 crash on the A259 in Hastings, 19 July 2015
9 m awayRef 2015471504116
Slight
Suzuki Supercarry crash on the A259 in Hastings, 29 December 1992
10 m awayRef 199247TA20607
Slight
Peugeot 5008 crash on the A259 in Hastings, 22 September 2023
12 m awayRef 2023471355450
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A259 in Hastings, 18 January 2006
14 m awayRef 2006470600552
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha DT 125 R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha DT 125 R)
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 2008470801504 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hastings road accident statistics for 2008.