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A28 crash in Canterbury on 25 July 1989 at 14:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 14:20 on Tuesday 25 July 1989. The 68-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jul 1989
Tuesday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27595, longitude 1.08547, in the CT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canterbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198946EA13819
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
28
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198946EA13819 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Canterbury road accident statistics for 1989.