A270 crash in Brighton and Hove on 30 November 2016 at 08:43 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove at 08:43 on Wednesday 30 November 2016. The 41-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2016
- Wednesday, 08:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83561, longitude -0.16067, in the BN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westdene & Hove Park, Brighton and Hove, BN3 6NR 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
- 2016471607174
- Council area
- Brighton and Hove
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Daylight
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2023.
Slight
Seat Ateca crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 16 August 2023
2 m awayRef 2023471342451
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 5 October 2022
3 m awayRef 2022471226998
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 27 April 2022
3 m awayRef 2022471170771
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Brighton and Hove, 3 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025471611202
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 20 April 1994
5 m awayRef 199447CA40328
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the A270 in Brighton and Hove, 3 December 2009
5 m awayRef 2009470909072
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 41, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2016471607174 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 2016.