A28 crash in Canterbury on 11 May 2000 at 15:30 involving a Renault 5
Four vehicles, including a Renault 5 and a Daihatsu Sirion, were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 15:30 on Thursday 11 May 2000. The 72-year-old male driver of the Daihatsu Sirion and the 53-year-old female driver of the Isuzu Trooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 May 2000
- Thursday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Renault 5 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26965, longitude 1.05226, in the CT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canterbury.
Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200046CT18391
- Council area
- Canterbury
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 28
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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 slight injury crash on 2 April 2000.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 2 April 2000
At the same spotRef 200046CT15193
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 29 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199946CT02781
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 7 August 2002
At the same spotRef 200246CT62810
Serious
Kymco Zing crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 28 October 2004
At the same spotRef 200446CT01665
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 29 October 1997
10 m awayRef 199746CT01201
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 7 August 2022
10 m awayRef 2022461207367
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Renault 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Sirion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 989 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 4: Isuzu Trooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,254 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Sirion)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Isuzu Trooper)
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 200046CT18391 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 2000.