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Serious unclassified road crash in Brighton and Hove BN2 on 30 December 2021 at 10:50 involving a Land Rover Freelander

A Land Rover Freelander hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Brighton and Hove at 10:50 on Thursday 30 December 2021. A 64-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 2021
Thursday, 10:50
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Freelander
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80346, longitude -0.05801, in the BN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brighton and Hove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rottingdean & West Saltdean, Brighton and Hove, BN2 7LB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021471127142
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    2,179 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 64, hit by vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2021471127142 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.