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A290 crash in Canterbury on 26 April 2003 at 22:10 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Suzuki Vitara were involved in a crash on the A290 in Canterbury at 22:10 on Saturday 26 April 2003. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Vitara, a 26-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Vitara and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Vitara were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 2003
Saturday, 22:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Suzuki Vitara
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35356, longitude 1.02523, in the CT5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitstable. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gorrell, Canterbury, CT5 1NW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200346CT75797
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Vitara)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Vitara)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Vitara)

    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 200346CT75797 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 2003.