A259 crash in Brighton and Hove on 15 September 2013 at 14:26 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove at 14:26 on Sunday 15 September 2013. The 19-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2013
- Sunday, 14:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82953, longitude -0.20855, 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 South Portslade, Brighton and Hove, BN41 1GA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013471304852
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2194
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 6 November 1987
1 m awayRef 198747CA70999
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 27 April 1982
1 m awayRef 198247CA20341
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 7 September 1991
1 m awayRef 199147CA10641
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 25 May 1987
1 m awayRef 198747CA70408
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 15 September 2013
3 m awayRef 2013471304880
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove, 11 March 2025
5 m awayRef 2025471563832
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 19, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2013471304852 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 2013.