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C road crash in Thanet CT9 on 16 May 2000 at 14:19 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on a C road in Thanet at 14:19 on Tuesday 16 May 2000. A 5-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro, the 40-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro and a 76-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 May 2000
Tuesday, 14:19
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Austin Metro
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38846, longitude 1.38637, in the CT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Margate.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200046TH23141
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    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 200046TH23141 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 2000.