B2061 crash in Folkestone and Hythe on 2 May 2000 at 14:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B2061 in Folkestone and Hythe at 14:50 on Tuesday 2 May 2000. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2000
- Tuesday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08872, longitude 1.1823, in the CT19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Folkestone.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200046SK24088
- Council area
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2061
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 2016.
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Peugeot 406 crash on the B2061 in Folkestone and Hythe, 14 October 2010
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Fiat Strada crash on the B2061 in Folkestone and Hythe, 31 March 1993
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Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2061 in Folkestone and Hythe, 4 January 1991
10 m awayRef 199146DC25291
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B2061 in Folkestone and Hythe, 26 January 2008
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200046SK24088 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Folkestone and Hythe road accident statistics for 2000.