A2280 crash in Eastbourne on 18 May 2021 at 13:49 involving a Volvo XC60
A Volvo XC60 and a Jaguar I-Pace were involved in a crash on the A2280 in Eastbourne at 13:49 on Tuesday 18 May 2021. The 54-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC60 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2021
- Tuesday, 13:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC60 and Jaguar I-Pace
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78949, longitude 0.27401, in the BN21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ratton, Eastbourne, BN21 2TT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021471046580
- 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
- 2280
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2008.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 23 May 2008
5 m awayRef 2008470803981
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2280 in Eastbourne, 12 February 2002
5 m awayRef 200247S147258
Slight
Renault Modus crash on the A2280 in Eastbourne, 20 February 2019
6 m awayRef 2019471900999
Slight
Mobility scooter crash on the A2280 in Eastbourne, 31 July 2018
9 m awayRef 2018471804354
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A2280 in Eastbourne, 21 November 2011
9 m awayRef 2011471107343
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A2280 in Eastbourne, 1 March 2005
13 m awayRef 2005470501424
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar I-Pace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC60)
- 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 2021471046580 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.