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A257 crash in Dover on 24 February 1994 at 11:15 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A257 in Dover at 11:15 on Thursday 24 February 1994. The 78-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny and a 73-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 1994
Thursday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27915, longitude 1.29479, in the CT3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460815358
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
257
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
257

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    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 1994460815358 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 1994.