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Serious A299 crash in Canterbury on 6 December 1996 at 11:30 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A299 in Canterbury at 11:30 on Friday 6 December 1996. The 57-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 1996
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36108, longitude 1.09091, in the CT6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646CT29407
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
299
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    85 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 57, 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 199646CT29407 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.