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Unclassified road crash in Eastbourne BN20 on 23 April 2021 at 14:00 involving a Mercedes Sprinter

A Mercedes Sprinter and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne at 14:00 on Friday 23 April 2021. A 69-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Mercedes Sprinter 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
23 Apr 2021
Friday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Sprinter and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76288, longitude 0.27349, in the BN20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meads, Eastbourne, BN21 4HL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021471038716
Council area
Eastbourne
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
East Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2021471038716 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.