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A259 crash in Eastbourne on 22 December 2015 at 16:15 involving a Volkswagen Touran

A Volkswagen Touran and a Mitsubishi Space Star were involved in a crash on the A259 in Eastbourne at 16:15 on Tuesday 22 December 2015. The 39-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Space Star was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 2015
Tuesday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Touran and Mitsubishi Space Star
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76529, longitude 0.24686, in the BN20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015471507634
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with 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, 23 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Space Star

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,584 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Space Star)

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 2015471507634 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 2015.