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Unclassified road crash in Canterbury CT5 on 21 December 1994 at 14:45 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Canterbury at 14:45 on Wednesday 21 December 1994. The 73-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and a 74-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly 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
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1994
Wednesday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35242, longitude 1.05068, in the CT5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitstable.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460619449
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 128 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1994460619449 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 1994.