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Serious A20 crash in Folkestone and Hythe on 26 October 2002 at 16:15 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A20 in Folkestone and Hythe at 16:15 on Saturday 26 October 2002. The 34-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously 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
26 Oct 2002
Saturday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0947, longitude 1.18042, in the CT19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Folkestone. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Folkestone, Folkestone and Hythe, CT19 5SP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200246SK65641
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 200246SK65641 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 2002.