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A291 crash in Canterbury on 28 April 1995 at 09:40 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A291 in Canterbury at 09:40 on Friday 28 April 1995. The 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 58-year-old female driver of the Mercedes 190 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Apr 1995
Friday, 09:40
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 190 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35616, longitude 1.13023, in the CT6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Herne.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199546CT29065
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
291
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

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 199546CT29065 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 1995.