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Serious A291 crash in Canterbury on 28 June 1998 at 11:49 involving a Citroen ZX

A Citroen ZX and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A291 in Canterbury at 11:49 on Sunday 28 June 1998. A 61-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series, the 59-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series and the 75-year-old male driver of the Citroen ZX were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jun 1998
Sunday, 11:49
Vehicles
2
Citroen ZX and Rover 400 Series
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36232, longitude 1.13208, in the CT6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenhill.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846CT05354
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
291
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)

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 199846CT05354 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 1998.