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Serious A256 crash in Dover on 5 May 1990 at 15:10 involving an Austin Morris Princess

An Austin Morris Princess hit a pedestrian on the A256 in Dover at 15:10 on Saturday 5 May 1990. A 31-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 May 1990
Saturday, 15:10
Vehicles
1
Austin Morris Princess
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13042, longitude 1.30878, in the CT16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dover.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046DB05640
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
256
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Princess

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,227 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Princess)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199046DB05640 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 1990.