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Unclassified road crash in Folkestone and Hythe TN29 on 31 July 2001 at 21:40 involving a Daihatsu Cuore

A Daihatsu Cuore, a Volkswagen Corrado and a Vauxhall Calibra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Folkestone and Hythe at 21:40 on Tuesday 31 July 2001. The 61-year-old male driver of the Daihatsu Cuore, the 37-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Calibra and a 15-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Calibra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 2001
Tuesday, 21:40
Vehicles
3
Daihatsu Cuore and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93305, longitude 0.97251, in the TN29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Littlestone-on-Sea.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146WL45772
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
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
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 73 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Cuore

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    989 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Corrado

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Calibra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Cuore)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Calibra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Calibra)

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 200146WL45772 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Folkestone and Hythe road accident statistics for 2001.