A2040 crash in Eastbourne on 4 December 2017 at 17:00 involving a Jaguar S Type
A bicycle and a Jaguar S Type were involved in a crash on the A2040 in Eastbourne at 17:00 on Monday 4 December 2017. The 58-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 private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2017
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Jaguar S Type
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77317, longitude 0.28372, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Devonshire, Eastbourne, BN21 3RG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017471706904
- Council area
- Eastbourne
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2040
- 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2005.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A2040 in Eastbourne, 25 February 2005
8 m awayRef 2005470502922
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A2040 in Eastbourne, 13 September 2018
11 m awayRef 2018471805077
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2040 in Eastbourne, 17 May 1995
11 m awayRef 199547SA50321
Serious
Nissan Pixo crash on the A2040 in Eastbourne, 27 October 2025
15 m awayRef 2025471660194
Slight
Yamaha YN 50 Neos crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 31 May 2000
22 m awayRef 200047S005232
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A2040 in Eastbourne, 8 January 1997
28 m awayRef 199747SA70011
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar S Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 58, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017471706904 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 2017.