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Serious A256 crash in Thanet on 20 August 1991 at 18:55 involving a BMW motorcycle

A vehicle and a BMW motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A256 in Thanet at 18:55 on Tuesday 20 August 1991. The 29-year-old male rider of the BMW motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Aug 1991
Tuesday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and BMW
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3127, longitude 1.35159, in the CT12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146EC15001
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
256
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a fatal crash on 12 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: BMW

    Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (BMW)

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 199146EC15001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thanet road accident statistics for 1991.