B2104 crash in Eastbourne on 6 December 2014 at 16:52 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B2104 in Eastbourne at 16:52 on Saturday 6 December 2014. The 38-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and the 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2014
- Saturday, 16:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80384, longitude 0.30633, in the BN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langney, Eastbourne, BN23 8FE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014471407179
- Council area
- Eastbourne
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2104
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 2191
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2009.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2104 in Eastbourne, 27 May 2009
6 m awayRef 2009470903850
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B2104 in Eastbourne, 17 September 2001
10 m awayRef 200147S141783
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on the B2104 in Eastbourne, 30 May 1996
18 m awayRef 199647SA60342
Serious
Yamaha WR crash on the B2104 in Eastbourne, 6 February 2024
19 m awayRef 2024471406956
Serious
Renault 9 crash on the B2104 in Eastbourne, 21 December 1998
19 m awayRef 199847S002050
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2104 in Eastbourne, 10 August 1999
19 m awayRef 199947S003460
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2014471407179 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.