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Serious A28 crash in Canterbury on 15 December 2001 at 17:30

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on the A28 in Canterbury at 17:30 on Saturday 15 December 2001. A pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 2001
Saturday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27483, longitude 1.07455, in the CT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canterbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westgate, Canterbury, CT1 2SH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146CT50866
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
28
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
28

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 13 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Hit by vehicle 1 (Vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200146CT50866 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.