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A253 crash in Thanet on 1 September 1999 at 10:10 involving a Vauxhall Combo

A Vauxhall Combo and a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A253 in Thanet at 10:10 on Wednesday 1 September 1999. The 46-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo and the 36-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 1999
Wednesday, 10:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Combo and Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33625, longitude 1.36586, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199946TH06019
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
253
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX600)

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 199946TH06019 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 1999.