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A28 crash in Canterbury on 7 July 1994 at 17:57 involving a Leyland Roadrunner lorry

A Leyland Roadrunner lorry, a car and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 17:57 on Thursday 7 July 1994. The 21-year-old male driver of the car and the 35-year-old female driver of the Austin Montego were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jul 1994
Thursday, 17:57
Vehicles
3
Leyland Roadrunner and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2698, longitude 1.0594, in the CT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canterbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460717089
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
28
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2018.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Roadrunner

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Montego)

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 1994460717089 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.