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B2205 crash in Canterbury on 1 September 1998 at 12:20 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Volvo 244 were involved in a crash on the B2205 in Canterbury at 12:20 on Tuesday 1 September 1998. A 23-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Volvo 244 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Volvo 244
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35598, longitude 1.0242, in the CT5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitstable.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846CT06497
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2205
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 244

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 2 (Volvo 244)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199846CT06497 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.