B2121 crash in Brighton and Hove on 11 July 2014 at 12:48 involving a Scania bus
A Scania bus hit a pedestrian on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove at 12:48 on Friday 11 July 2014. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2014
- Friday, 12:48
- Vehicles
- 1
- Scania
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82384, longitude -0.14456, in the BN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Hill & North Laine, Brighton and Hove, BN1 1UE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471403913
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2121
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- 2066
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2003.
Slight
Dennis crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 15 July 2003
3 m awayRef 200347K164867
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 6 June 2007
3 m awayRef 2007470704648
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 23 February 1991
3 m awayRef 199147CA10117
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 2 October 1992
3 m awayRef 199247CA20740
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 30 November 2004
3 m awayRef 200447K181247
Slight
Vauxhall Senator crash on the B2121 in Brighton and Hove, 19 January 1991
3 m awayRef 199147CA10048
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Scania)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2014471403913 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.