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Unclassified road crash in Thanet CT9 on 7 May 1995 at 21:25 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thanet at 21:25 on Sunday 7 May 1995. The 30-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 May 1995
Sunday, 21:25
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3859, longitude 1.3742, in the CT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Margate.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199546TH22882
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 199546TH22882 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thanet road accident statistics for 1995.