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B2205 crash in Canterbury on 26 April 1996 at 13:25 involving a Reliant Robin

A Reliant Robin and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the B2205 in Canterbury at 13:25 on Friday 26 April 1996. The 73-year-old male driver of the Reliant Robin was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 1996
Friday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Reliant Robin and Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3645, longitude 1.05651, in the CT5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitstable.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646CT26348
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2205
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2205

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Reliant Robin

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    848 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Reliant Robin)

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 199646CT26348 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.