A28 crash in Canterbury on 13 September 1996 at 18:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 18:45 on Friday 13 September 1996. The 48-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Sep 1996
- Friday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26989, longitude 1.0561, in the CT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canterbury.
Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199646CT28478
- 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
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 2019.
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 25 December 2019
14 m awayRef 2019460915836
Slight
Daewoo Nexia crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 22 March 1997
20 m awayRef 199746CT30864
Slight
LDV 400 Series crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 29 March 2000
40 m awayRef 200046CT15158
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 28 January 2005
40 m awayRef 2005460105696
Slight
Car crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 30 January 1988
45 m awayRef 198846EA01198
Serious
Car crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 10 July 1979
45 m awayRef 1979466104989
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 48, 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 199646CT28478 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.