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A28 crash in Canterbury on 6 October 1993 at 08:08 involving an MCW bus

An MCW bus hit a pedestrian on the A28 in Canterbury at 08:08 on Wednesday 6 October 1993. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 1993
Wednesday, 08:08
Vehicles
1
MCW
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30595, longitude 1.13441, in the CT2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sturry.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993460613480
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
28
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
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 16 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (MCW)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1993460613480 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 1993.