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Serious unclassified road crash in Lewes BN9 on 28 October 2021 at 23:40 involving an e-scooter

An e-scooter crashed on an unclassified road in Lewes at 23:40 on Thursday 28 October 2021. The 43-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Oct 2021
Thursday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
E-scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78651, longitude 0.05061, in the BN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newhaven. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newhaven South, Lewes, BN9 9FJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewes

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021471103644
Council area
Lewes
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
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, on vehicle 1 (E-scooter)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    E-scooter
    Casualty was using an e-scooter

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 2021471103644 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewes road accident statistics for 2021.