A259 crash in Eastbourne on 22 November 2011 at 13:00 involving a Ford S-Max
A car and a Ford S-Max were involved in a crash on the A259 in Eastbourne at 13:00 on Tuesday 22 November 2011. The 42-year-old female driver of the Ford S-Max was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Nov 2011
- Tuesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford S-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76902, longitude 0.28014, 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
- 2011471107370
- Council area
- Eastbourne
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 259
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2016.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 24 February 2016
6 m awayRef 2016471601127
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 6 August 1988
10 m awayRef 198847SA80321
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 27 February 2008
14 m awayRef 2008470801642
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 7 December 2006
14 m awayRef 2006470610670
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 2 October 1994
14 m awayRef 199447SA40641
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 27 July 1996
14 m awayRef 199647SA60520
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford S-Max)
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 2011471107370 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.