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Serious A20 crash in Folkestone and Hythe on 3 March 1995 at 19:35 involving a Renault Extra

A Renault Extra hit a pedestrian on the A20 in Folkestone and Hythe at 19:35 on Friday 3 March 1995. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Mar 1995
Friday, 19:35
Vehicles
1
Renault Extra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08844, longitude 1.1351, in the CT19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Folkestone.

Map of where the crash happened in Folkestone and Hythe

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995460920340
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Extra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Extra)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1995460920340 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 1995.