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Fatal A28 crash in Canterbury on 18 June 1991 at 23:12 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

Two Suzuki motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 23:12 on Tuesday 18 June 1991. A 17-year-old female passenger on vehicle 1 was killed and three other people were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Jun 1991
Tuesday, 23:12
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and another
Casualties
4
1 killed, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26975, longitude 1.05796, in the CT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canterbury.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146EA10531
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
28
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    548 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199146EA10531 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Canterbury road accident statistics for 1991.