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Unclassified road crash in Thanet CT9 on 22 February 1990 at 17:15 involving a Datsun 180

A Datsun 180 and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thanet at 17:15 on Thursday 22 February 1990. The 21-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Feb 1990
Thursday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Datsun 180 and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38286, longitude 1.38303, in the CT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Margate.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046ED03820
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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 18 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun 180

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    17,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 199046ED03820 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 1990.