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Unclassified road crash in Thanet CT9 on 15 December 1990 at 19:15 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thanet at 19:15 on Saturday 15 December 1990. A 45-year-old female passenger in the taxi, the 54-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Renault 5 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 1990
Saturday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Renault 5 and taxi
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38332, longitude 1.36725, 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
199046ED27330
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199046ED27330 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.