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Unclassified road crash in Canterbury CT4 on 18 March 2001 at 08:19 involving a Leyland Roadrunner lorry

A Leyland Roadrunner lorry and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Canterbury at 08:19 on Sunday 18 March 2001. The 37-year-old male driver of the Leyland Roadrunner lorry and the 35-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 2001
Sunday, 08:19
Vehicles
2
Leyland Roadrunner and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27876, longitude 1.0097, in the CT4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146CT39189
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Roadrunner

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland Roadrunner)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

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 200146CT39189 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 2001.