B2046 crash in Canterbury on 17 April 2002 at 11:29 involving a Volvo 360
A Volvo 360 and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the B2046 in Canterbury at 11:29 on Wednesday 17 April 2002. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2002
- Wednesday, 11:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo 360 and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21788, longitude 1.18576, in the CT3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200246CT56759
- Council area
- Canterbury
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2046
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2019.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B2046 in Dover, 12 April 2019
4 m awayRef 2019460835079
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B2046 in Dover, 8 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025461665796
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B2046 in Canterbury, 26 September 2007
10 m awayRef 2007460147314
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B2046 in Dover, 21 May 2021
11 m awayRef 2021461052294
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2046 in Dover, 13 January 2011
14 m awayRef 2011460195705
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B2046 in Dover, 12 October 2015
14 m awayRef 2015460262560
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo 360
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 360)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200246CT56759 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.