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Unclassified road crash in Eastbourne BN20 on 8 April 2012 at 12:15 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne at 12:15 on Sunday 8 April 2012. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 2012
Sunday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Renault Clio and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77996, longitude 0.254, in the BN20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Town, Eastbourne, BN21 1SH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012471201830
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    50 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 2012471201830 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 2012.