A schoolboy was left with a head injury after being hit by a car on his way back home yesterday afternoon.
The boy, believed to be in year 11, was struck by the car in Ditchling Road just before 4pm.
He was taken to hospital for treatment by paramedics. Police said the crash appeared to be pedestrian error.
A spokeswoman for South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) said: “We were called to the junction of Beacon Close and Ditchling Road in Brighton at just before 4pm on Thursday (10 October) following a report of a collision involving a car and pedestrian.
“Crews attended and treated the pedestrian for a head injury before transferring them to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton for further treatment.”
A police spokesman said: “A 15-year-old boy suffered a head injury when he was in collision with a car in Brighton on Thursday afternoon (October 10).
“Emergency services were called to the scene at the junction of Ditchling Road and Beacon Close at 3.59pm.
“The boy was taken to hospital for treatment. The driver of the car, a Kia Rio, was attended to by paramedics at the scene, but did not require hospital treatment.
“It is believed that the collision occurred due to pedestrian error.”
Your reminder that the highway code tells drivers to give way at T junctions to pedestrians travelling in a straight line along the main road. (This is because the pavement is part of the road – strictly speaking, ‘road’ = ‘public highway’, ‘pavement’=’footway’, thing usually called ‘road’=’carriageway’. Main roads, ie carriageway+footway, have priority over side roads. Simple!). This looks seriously disappointing from Sussex Roads Police and I would want much more information from them. Also, the kid is 15. Why are grown-up drivers not paying due care and attention on a key school travel route at a time when kids are still leaving school after clubs etc? Safeguarding does fall down rather badly on roads, compared to every other area of a kid’s existence doesn’t it? Inexperience is suddenly a fault so that adults can abuse their power to the full, instead of adults being told to shape up and take extra care because there are young people around. I’ve seen so many drivers fail to give way to schoolkids at T junctions because the drivers know the kids are nervous and won’t take risks – they really take advantage.
Katy
The highway code H2 states At a junction you should give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross a road into which or from which you are turning.
The article informs us this crash happened in Ditchling Road at the junction of Beacon Close. The article doesn’t state if the vehicle was turning into or out of Beacon Close, therefore rule H2 wouldn’t apply.
The article states clearly this was a pedestrian error and implies the driver in this case is not a fault.
What possible reason would you want much more information from the police ?
We know the kid is 15, it tells us in the article, and he’s in year 11.
You wrongly assume the driver wasn’t paying due care and attention, I’m pretty sure the police would have done their investigations and spoken to those involved and witnesses.
The rest of your post is assumptions and ramblings that are just nonsense.
You’ve seen so many drivers fail to give way to schoolkids at T junctions, but it’s not just school kids and not for the reasons you state.
Not all drivers are aware of the new regulations and I want to make that clear.
However, Drivers should practice the LADA routine, Look, Access, Decide and Act. It is sometimes not SAFE to give way, if wish to debate this in more detail I will be happy to enlighten you on this.
uk goverment new states that cars must give way to pedistrians under the safer streets sussex police innitives + sussex nabourhood watch scheme. sussex are now remending people report any cars illigally, dangerously speeding accross england as part of there crackdown on anti-social behaviour of uk drivers. labourparty + greenparty agreed with the sussex police anti-speeding campain. fines will be givin out by brighton+hove city council enviourmental officers as part of carbon nutrial city council 2030 policy. you should read it on brighton city council webpage.
new uk law state that drivers give pedestrians enouph time to cross the road safely.
An appeal to emotion is not a valid argument Katy. The article details how this was a pedestrian error. As Buster says, you should drive predictably, so in some instances, it is not safe, or predictable, to suddenly yield to pedestrians waiting to cross, and a driver could be considered to driving dangerously, as the legal test is usually what would a normal driver reasonably do in any particular situation.
uk english teacher marie claire williams emotitonal context is importent to get your point accross.
i have almost been hit twice whilst in the road before the car turns + drivers who can see me waving at them asking them not to run me over speed up faster. these kinds drivers as far as the eye can see are dangerous. i have learning disablity, asc + thought prossessing disorder. my o.t says drivers must be aware that so many disabled people use the other kinds of crossings sometimes because they need to add more green man button crossings. my mom says that the roads need to be more disablity friendly. my mom is a highly respected bacp overly qaulified clinical phycologist with hundreds master degrees + phd’s + she is certified by high up professionals. my mom is named: dr. marcia moroney audibert + she is very famous on bbc news + tv.
PS absolutely terrible experience for the boy and his family. I hope he is recovering fast and has no lasting effects. Extremely worrying though just coming home from school.
Indeed. Hopefully, the young lad was admitted just for basic monitoring of concussion and is already home.