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Serious unclassified road crash in Hastings TN38 on 31 October 2022 at 19:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Hastings at 19:50 on Monday 31 October 2022. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Oct 2022
Monday, 19:50
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84948, longitude 0.52446, in the TN38 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hastings. It is one of the crashes that make up the West St Leonards, Hastings, TN38 8AR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hastings

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022471237656
Council area
Hastings
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2022471237656 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hastings road accident statistics for 2022.