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A2290 crash in Eastbourne on 11 May 2014 at 23:55 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A2290 in Eastbourne at 23:55 on Sunday 11 May 2014. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 May 2014
Sunday, 23:55
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79372, longitude 0.28843, in the BN22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hampden Park, Eastbourne, BN23 6QW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014471402572
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
2290
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
2280

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 2014471402572 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 2014.