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Serious C road crash in Thanet CT10 on 10 March 1997 at 17:40 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on a C road in Thanet at 17:40 on Monday 10 March 1997. The 22-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Mar 1997
Monday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37366, longitude 1.41799, in the CT10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broadstairs.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199746TH30686
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199746TH30686 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 1997.