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A255 crash in Thanet on 3 December 1994 at 23:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A255 in Thanet at 23:30 on Saturday 3 December 1994. The 17-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 1994
Saturday, 23:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36039, longitude 1.43194, in the CT10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broadstairs.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460719078
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
255
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
255

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1994460719078 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 1994.