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Serious A290 crash in Canterbury on 5 October 2004 at 14:00 involving a Toyota Celica

A Toyota Celica and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A290 in Canterbury at 14:00 on Tuesday 5 October 2004. The 45-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver of the Toyota Celica was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Oct 2004
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Toyota Celica and Peugeot 206
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32312, longitude 1.02667, in the CT5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446CT00166
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Celica)

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 200446CT00166 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 2004.