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Unclassified road crash in Dover CT3 on 1 August 1980 at 07:55 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Dover at 07:55 on Friday 1 August 1980. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 1980
Friday, 07:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22076, longitude 1.1978, in the CT3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980465206100
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1980465206100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dover road accident statistics for 1980.