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Serious A259 crash in Folkestone and Hythe on 19 September 1993 at 14:30 involving an Audi 80

An Audi 80 and a car were involved in a crash on the A259 in Folkestone and Hythe at 14:30 on Sunday 19 September 1993. The 73-year-old female driver of the Audi 80 was seriously injured and a 34-year-old female passenger in the car and the 23-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Sep 1993
Sunday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Audi 80 and car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03011, longitude 0.9995, in the TN29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dymchurch.

Map of where the crash happened in Folkestone and Hythe

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993460913295
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 80)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1993460913295 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Folkestone and Hythe road accident statistics for 1993.