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A255 crash in Thanet on 7 February 1993 at 22:50 involving a Citroen C15

Three cars and a Citroen C15 were involved in a crash on the A255 in Thanet at 22:50 on Sunday 7 February 1993. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1993
Sunday, 22:50
Vehicles
4
Citroen C15 and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34076, longitude 1.42631, in the CT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsgate.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993460710476
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
255
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 3: Citroen C15

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1993460710476 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 1993.