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Serious B2063 crash in Folkestone and Hythe on 7 March 1994 at 10:30 involving a Mercedes 300 van

A Mercedes 300 van and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B2063 in Folkestone and Hythe at 10:30 on Monday 7 March 1994. A 37-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 300 van and the 28-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Mar 1994
Monday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 300 and Austin Metro
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08001, longitude 1.13424, in the CT20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Folkestone.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460915595
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2063
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
B
Second road number
2063

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    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 1994460915595 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 1994.