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Serious A20 crash in Dover on 14 July 1990 at 18:15 involving a BSA motorcycle

Four vehicles, including a car and a BSA motorcycle, were involved in a crash on the A20 in Dover at 18:15 on Saturday 14 July 1990. The 27-year-old male rider of the BSA motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jul 1990
Saturday, 18:15
Vehicles
4
BSA and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10319, longitude 1.22111, in the CT18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Capel-le-Ferne.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046DB11060
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 23 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: BSA

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    654 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 3: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 4: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BSA)

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 199046DB11060 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.