Skip to main content
CrashStats

A2 crash in Canterbury on 27 May 2001 at 15:15 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery crashed on the A2 in Canterbury at 15:15 on Sunday 27 May 2001. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 2001
Sunday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28766, longitude 1.00999, in the CT2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boughton and Courtenay, Swale, ME13 9LW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146CT41311
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    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 200146CT41311 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.