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A20 crash in Dover on 23 December 1993 at 05:39 involving a Proton Torch

A lorry and a Proton Torch were involved in a crash on the A20 in Dover at 05:39 on Thursday 23 December 1993. The 61-year-old male driver of the Proton Torch was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1993
Thursday, 05:39
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Proton Torch
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12503, longitude 1.31811, in the CT16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dover.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993460814643
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
20

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Proton Torch

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Proton Torch)

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 1993460814643 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dover road accident statistics for 1993.