Serious A2021 crash in Eastbourne on 1 September 2025 at 14:30 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van hit a pedestrian on the A2021 in Eastbourne at 14:30 on Monday 1 September 2025. A 75-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Sep 2025
- Monday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77531, longitude 0.28423, in the BN21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Devonshire, Eastbourne, BN21 3RG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025471635948
- 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
- 2021
- 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
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2021
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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1982.
Slight
Van crash on the A2021 in Eastbourne, 27 July 1982
1 m awayRef 198247SA20472
Serious
Kia Ceed crash on the A2021 in Eastbourne, 21 June 2017
9 m awayRef 2017471703425
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2021 in Eastbourne, 24 July 1987
11 m awayRef 198747SA70292
Slight
Car crash on the A2021 in Eastbourne, 25 January 1985
11 m awayRef 198547SA50023
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2021 in Eastbourne, 1 August 1994
21 m awayRef 199447SA40483
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A2021 in Eastbourne, 20 April 2002
29 m awayRef 200247K149525
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Custom)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025471635948 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 2025.