A270 crash in Brighton and Hove on 1 December 2015 at 16:05 involving a BMW X3
A BMW X3 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove at 16:05 on Tuesday 1 December 2015. The 41-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2015
- Tuesday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X3 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8338, longitude -0.12767, 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 Round Hill, Brighton and Hove, BN2 3GB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brighton and Hove
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015471507115
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 270
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2024.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 6 May 2024
3 m awayRef 2024471439496
Serious
Car crash on the A27 in Brighton and Hove, 21 December 1983
6 m awayRef 198347CA31358
Slight
Bus crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 4 June 2010
6 m awayRef 2010471003598
Slight
Leyland National crash on the A27 in Brighton and Hove, 6 May 1991
6 m awayRef 199147CA10274
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 8 December 2008
6 m awayRef 2008470809522
Slight
Piaggio Zip crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 10 April 2001
6 m awayRef 200147C135417
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
- 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
- 41 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 41, 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 2015471507115 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 2015.