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A28 crash in Canterbury on 23 April 1996 at 16:55 involving an Audi 80

An Audi 80 and a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 16:55 on Tuesday 23 April 1996. The 28-year-old female rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Apr 1996
Tuesday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Audi 80 and Vespa (Douglas)
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30341, longitude 1.12836, in the CT2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sturry.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646CT26000
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
28
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
28

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 199646CT26000 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 1996.