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Serious unclassified road crash in Dover CT15 on 17 May 1998 at 17:41 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dover at 17:41 on Sunday 17 May 1998. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle and a 72-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were seriously injured and a 68-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 1998
Sunday, 17:41
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18207, longitude 1.25366, in the CT15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846SK04791
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199846SK04791 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.