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Serious A259 crash in Lewes on 20 February 2016 at 16:30 involving a Toyota Aygo

A Toyota Aygo hit a pedestrian on the A259 in Lewes at 16:30 on Saturday 20 February 2016. A 67-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Feb 2016
Saturday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Toyota Aygo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79088, longitude 0.00059, in the BN10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peacehaven. It is one of the crashes that make up the Peacehaven West, Lewes, BN10 7NL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016471601048
Council area
Lewes
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
97%
Estimated chance it was slight
3%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

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 2016471601048 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 2016.