A259 crash in Eastbourne on 23 April 2021 at 15:40 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Keeway K-Light motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A259 in Eastbourne at 15:40 on Friday 23 April 2021. The 20-year-old male rider of the Keeway K-Light motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2021
- Friday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Keeway K-Light
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78927, longitude 0.30997, in the BN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sovereign, Eastbourne, BN23 6HU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471038569
- 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
- 259
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 7 April 2005
3 m awayRef 2005470502466
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 5 October 1990
9 m awayRef 199047SA00490
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 11 April 2005
9 m awayRef 2005470502722
Slight
Car crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 7 April 1982
9 m awayRef 198247SA20196
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 27 March 1987
11 m awayRef 198747SA70111
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A259 in Eastbourne, 7 February 2002
11 m awayRef 200247S147130
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Keeway K-Light
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Keeway K-Light)
- 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 2021471038569 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 2021.