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Serious A256 crash in Dover on 2 December 2000 at 17:28 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Nissan Micra and a Daihatsu Sportrak were involved in a crash on the A256 in Dover at 17:28 on Saturday 2 December 2000. There were eight casualties: six people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Dec 2000
Saturday, 17:28
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
Casualties
8
6 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24038, longitude 1.31485, in the CT13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200046SK33394
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
256
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 145 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2023.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Daihatsu Sportrak

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Daihatsu Sportrak)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Daihatsu Sportrak)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Daihatsu Sportrak)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

    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 200046SK33394 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 2000.