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Serious A258 crash in Dover on 8 November 1991 at 21:30 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A car and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A258 in Dover at 21:30 on Friday 8 November 1991. The 22-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Nov 1991
Friday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24789, longitude 1.34716, in the CT14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146DB49141
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
258
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
258

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, 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 199146DB49141 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.