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Serious unclassified road crash in Thanet CT8 on 16 March 1992 at 20:15 involving a Toyota Celica

A Toyota Celica and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thanet at 20:15 on Monday 16 March 1992. The 17-year-old male driver of the Toyota Celica was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Mar 1992
Monday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Toyota Celica and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38166, longitude 1.32774, in the CT8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Margate.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992460700406
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Celica)

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 1992460700406 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 1992.