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A20 crash in Dover on 19 February 1996 at 08:35 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 crashed on the A20 in Dover at 08:35 on Monday 19 February 1996. A 20-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1996
Monday, 08:35
Vehicles
1
Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09982, longitude 1.2063, in the CT18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Capel-le-Ferne.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646SK25151
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
20

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199646SK25151 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dover road accident statistics for 1996.