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A255 crash in Thanet on 11 October 2004 at 10:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Yamaha R6 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A255 in Thanet at 10:00 on Monday 11 October 2004. The 20-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 26-year-old male rider of the Yamaha R6 motorcycle and a 36-year-old male passenger on the Yamaha R6 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 2004
Monday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Yamaha R6
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34222, longitude 1.4269, in the CT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsgate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sir Moses Montefiore, Thanet, CT11 7EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446TH01380
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
255
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
27%
Estimated chance it was slight
73%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha R6

    Motorcycle over 125cc

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha R6)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha R6)

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 200446TH01380 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 2004.