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Serious A254 crash in Thanet on 14 January 1996 at 16:55 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A254 in Thanet at 16:55 on Sunday 14 January 1996. The 18-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 39-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jan 1996
Sunday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and bicycle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37464, longitude 1.38745, in the CT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Margate.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646TH24565
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
254
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, 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 199646TH24565 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thanet road accident statistics for 1996.