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Serious A2 crash in Dover on 2 March 1991 at 10:00 involving a Ford Orion taxi

A Ford Orion taxi and a Ford Capri were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dover at 10:00 on Saturday 2 March 1991. A 34-year-old male passenger in the Ford Capri was seriously injured and the 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion taxi and the 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Capri were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Mar 1991
Saturday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Ford Capri
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14548, longitude 1.32959, in the CT15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146DB29371
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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 12 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Capri)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Capri)

    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 199146DB29371 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 1991.