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A253 crash in Thanet on 3 December 1989 at 15:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A253 in Thanet at 15:10 on Sunday 3 December 1989. A 93-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1, the 67-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 1989
Sunday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33656, longitude 1.36669, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198946EC24579
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
253
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 93, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, 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 198946EC24579 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 1989.