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A28 crash in Thanet on 8 November 1995 at 07:20 involving a Leyland DAF 400 van

A Leyland DAF 400 van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A28 in Thanet at 07:20 on Wednesday 8 November 1995. The 46-year-old male cyclist was 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
8 Nov 1995
Wednesday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF 400 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36888, longitude 1.29922, in the CT7 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
199546TH23544
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
28
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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF 400

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199546TH23544 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.