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Serious B2046 crash in Canterbury on 29 June 1991 at 08:57 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Land Rover Defender were involved in a crash on the B2046 in Canterbury at 08:57 on Saturday 29 June 1991. The 23-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Jun 1991
Saturday, 08:57
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Land Rover Defender
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24644, longitude 1.20632, in the CT3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146EA11191
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2046
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
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 1 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 199146EA11191 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.