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A257 crash in Dover on 19 February 1998 at 22:35 involving an Alfa Romeo 145

An Alfa Romeo 145 crashed on the A257 in Dover at 22:35 on Thursday 19 February 1998. The 29-year-old male driver and a 26-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1998
Thursday, 22:35
Vehicles
1
Alfa Romeo 145
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27121, longitude 1.20819, in the CT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846SK03586
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
257
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 145

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,747 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 145)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 145)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199846SK03586 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dover road accident statistics for 1998.