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Serious unclassified road crash in Canterbury CT6 on 13 August 2001 at 22:24 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Canterbury at 22:24 on Monday 13 August 2001. The 28-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Aug 2001
Monday, 22:24
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35856, longitude 1.10199, in the CT6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenhill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenhill, Canterbury, CT6 7RT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146CT44878
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 125cc

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 200146CT44878 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.