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A254 crash in Thanet on 20 March 1996 at 12:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the A254 in Thanet at 12:50 on Wednesday 20 March 1996. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Mar 1996
Wednesday, 12:50
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37658, longitude 1.38558, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646TH25433
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
30 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199646TH25433 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.