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Fatal unclassified road crash in Canterbury CT5 on 19 June 2001 at 10:55 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Canterbury at 10:55 on Tuesday 19 June 2001. A 21-year-old male passenger was killed and the 20-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Jun 2001
Tuesday, 10:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36296, longitude 1.06134, in the CT5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitstable. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swalecliffe, Canterbury, CT5 2QA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146CT42324
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 200146CT42324 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.