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Serious A258 crash in Dover on 18 November 1995 at 19:45 involving a Ford lorry

A Ford lorry and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A258 in Dover at 19:45 on Saturday 18 November 1995. A 41-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 405 and a 39-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 405 were seriously injured and the 47-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Nov 1995
Saturday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Ford and Peugeot 405
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24705, longitude 1.34796, in the CT14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199546SK23754
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
258
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

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 199546SK23754 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 1995.