Serious B2185 crash in Brighton and Hove on 26 January 2009 at 18:15 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 hit a pedestrian on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove at 18:15 on Monday 26 January 2009. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jan 2009
- Monday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83312, longitude -0.16709, in the BN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central Hove, Brighton and Hove, BN3 3FG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009470900693
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2185
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2120
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 97%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 3%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 2000.
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 9 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200047C128550
Slight
Car crash on the B2120 in Brighton and Hove, 10 July 1986
At the same spotRef 198647CA60656
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 13 February 1990
At the same spotRef 199047CA00142
Slight
Car crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 30 November 1985
At the same spotRef 198547CA51312
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 20 November 1999
At the same spotRef 199947C005652
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B2185 in Brighton and Hove, 20 November 2003
At the same spotRef 200347K169355
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- 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 2009470900693 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brighton and Hove road accident statistics for 2009.