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Serious B2050 crash in Thanet on 21 January 2003 at 16:25 involving a Toyota Yaris

A Toyota Yaris, a Rover 400 Series and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the B2050 in Thanet at 16:25 on Tuesday 21 January 2003. The 33-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series was seriously injured and the 84-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jan 2003
Tuesday, 16:25
Vehicles
3
Toyota Yaris and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33868, longitude 1.40007, in the CT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsgate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nethercourt, Thanet, CT11 0AZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200346TH70276
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2050
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

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 200346TH70276 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thanet road accident statistics for 2003.