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Serious A255 crash in Thanet on 24 May 2001 at 19:52 involving a Ford Mondeo

A vehicle and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A255 in Thanet at 19:52 on Thursday 24 May 2001. The 34-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured and the 49-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 2001
Thursday, 19:52
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36529, longitude 1.41297, in the CT10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peters, Thanet, CT10 2RU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146TH41010
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
255
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 slight injury crash on 16 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    826 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

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 200146TH41010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thanet road accident statistics for 2001.