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Unclassified road crash in Canterbury CT6 on 22 December 1990 at 21:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Canterbury at 21:45 on Saturday 22 December 1990. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1990
Saturday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37201, longitude 1.12642, in the CT6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Herne Bay.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046EB28100
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 1 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199046EB28100 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.