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Serious unclassified road crash in Canterbury CT4 on 28 November 1991 at 16:43 involving a Citroen Dyane

A Citroen Dyane and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Canterbury at 16:43 on Thursday 28 November 1991. The 20-year-old female driver of the Citroen Dyane was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Nov 1991
Thursday, 16:43
Vehicles
2
Citroen Dyane and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27836, longitude 1.01034, in the CT4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146EA21621
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Dyane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    602 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    14,620 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Dyane)

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 199146EA21621 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.