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Unclassified road crash in Canterbury CT1 on 16 August 1990 at 07:20 involving an Austin Maxi

An Austin Maxi and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Canterbury at 07:20 on Thursday 16 August 1990. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Austin Maxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 1990
Thursday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Austin Maxi and Peugeot 309
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27086, longitude 1.07366, 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
199046EA17810
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maxi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199046EA17810 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 1990.