A259 crash in Hastings on 2 June 2008 at 11:55 involving a Renault Laguna
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2008
- Monday, 11:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87392, longitude 0.60922, in the TN35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hastings. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tressell, Hastings, TN35 5AH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008470804252
- 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
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 259
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 serious injury crash on 17 February 1995.
Serious
Mercedes crash on the B2093 in Hastings, 17 February 1995
At the same spotRef 199547TA50082
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A259 in Hastings, 30 July 1980
At the same spotRef 198047TA00371
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A259 in Hastings, 12 May 2025
7 m awayRef 2025471589094
Serious
Vauxhall Viva crash on the A259 in Hastings, 3 September 2021
10 m awayRef 2021471083687
Slight
Renault 9 crash on the B510 in Hastings, 24 September 1992
10 m awayRef 199247TA20452
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B510 in Hastings, 21 April 1981
10 m awayRef 198147TA10173
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
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 2008470804252 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.