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A259 crash in Eastbourne on 12 October 2011 at 11:50 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto hit a pedestrian on the A259 in Eastbourne at 11:50 on Wednesday 12 October 2011. A 46-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 2011
Wednesday, 11:50
Vehicles
1
Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7692, longitude 0.28043, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Devonshire, Eastbourne, BN21 3RG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011471106513
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
One way street
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 21 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    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 2011471106513 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 2011.