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A259 crash in Hastings on 17 November 2012 at 15:57 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A259 in Hastings at 15:57 on Saturday 17 November 2012. A 45-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Nov 2012
Saturday, 15:57
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85437, longitude 0.57857, in the TN34 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hastings. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Hastings, TN34 1NH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hastings

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012471206107
Council area
Hastings
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
Single carriageway
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
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 serious injury crash on 28 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 2012471206107 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 2012.