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Serious B2075 crash in Folkestone and Hythe on 28 September 1991 at 00:10 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a Talbot Samba were involved in a crash on the B2075 in Folkestone and Hythe at 00:10 on Saturday 28 September 1991. A 36-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Honda motorcycle and a 36-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Honda motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Sep 1991
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Honda and Talbot Samba
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94904, longitude 0.90129, in the TN29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lydd.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146DC44591
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2075
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Talbot Samba

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199146DC44591 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Folkestone and Hythe road accident statistics for 1991.