Unclassified road crash in Dover CT14 on 11 March 1991 at 23:25 involving a Vespa (Douglas) motorcycle
A Vespa (Douglas) motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Dover at 23:25 on Monday 11 March 1991. The 27-year-old female rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 1991
- Monday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vespa (Douglas)
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21936, longitude 1.38491, in the CT14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Deal.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199146DB29671
- Council area
- Dover
- 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 lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vespa (Douglas)
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 27, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas))
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 199146DB29671 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.