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A256 crash in Dover on 23 October 1991 at 22:00 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A256 in Dover at 22:00 on Wednesday 23 October 1991. The 17-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Chevette and the 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 1991
Wednesday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Chevette and Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16539, longitude 1.29054, in the CT16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146DB46701
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
256
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 19 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 199146DB46701 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.