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B2054 crash in Thanet on 8 August 1985 at 11:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2054 in Thanet at 11:00 on Thursday 8 August 1985. The 20-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 1985
Thursday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33763, longitude 1.42278, in the CT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsgate.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985465307015
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2054
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
255

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1985465307015 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thanet road accident statistics for 1985.