A257 crash in Dover on 15 December 1987 at 15:45 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A257 in Dover at 15:45 on Tuesday 15 December 1987. The 68-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 66-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 1987
- Tuesday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2782, longitude 1.26776, in the CT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ash.
Map of where the crash happened in Dover
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1987465309127
- Council area
- Dover
- Police force
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 257
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 1992.
Slight
Renault 9 crash on the A257 in Dover, 18 April 1992
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Slight
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73 m awayRef 2016460127997
Serious
Nissan Juke crash on an unclassified road in Dover, 15 September 2025
79 m awayRef 2025461642923
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A257 in Dover, 26 February 1997
81 m awayRef 199746SK30609
Slight
Car crash on the A257 in Dover, 27 December 1985
100 m awayRef 1985465312225
Serious
Car crash on the A257 in Dover, 2 June 1979
100 m awayRef 1979465303729
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1987465309127 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 1987.