B2066 crash in Brighton and Hove on 4 June 2014 at 23:20 involving a Skoda Octavia taxi
A Skoda Octavia taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B2066 in Brighton and Hove at 23:20 on Wednesday 4 June 2014. The 28-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jun 2014
- Wednesday, 23:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81945, longitude -0.12432, in the BN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kemptown, Brighton and Hove, BN2 1LT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471403114
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2066
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2015.
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on an unclassified road in Brighton and Hove, 10 December 2015
4 m awayRef 2015471507407
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Brighton and Hove, 22 September 1992
5 m awayRef 199247CA20698
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2118 in Brighton and Hove, 17 January 1994
5 m awayRef 199447CA40056
Serious
Fiat 500 crash on an unclassified road in Brighton and Hove, 14 January 2016
5 m awayRef 2016471600277
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Brighton and Hove, 5 November 2004
11 m awayRef 200447K180538
Slight
Taxi crash on the B2118 in Brighton and Hove, 18 August 1984
11 m awayRef 198447CA40889
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 28, 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 2014471403114 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 2014.