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Serious A259 crash in Brighton and Hove on 20 February 2021 at 23:48 involving a Nissan Juke

A Nissan Juke, a car and a Renault Kadjar were involved in a crash on the A259 in Brighton and Hove at 23:48 on Saturday 20 February 2021. A 26-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Juke and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Juke were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Feb 2021
Saturday, 23:48
Vehicles
3
Nissan Juke and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82902, longitude -0.20606, in the BN41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Portslade, Brighton and Hove, BN41 1GA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021471022900
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Other 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

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Juke

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Kadjar

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2021471022900 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 2021.