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A290 crash in Canterbury on 6 February 2002 at 19:45 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A290 in Canterbury at 19:45 on Wednesday 6 February 2002. The 16-year-old female rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Feb 2002
Wednesday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28307, longitude 1.07251, in the CT2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canterbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westgate, Canterbury, CT2 8LJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200246CT53539
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
290
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 January 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 200246CT53539 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 2002.