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A256 crash in Thanet on 17 February 2004 at 13:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Fiat Seicento were involved in a crash on the A256 in Thanet at 13:35 on Tuesday 17 February 2004. An 83-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Seicento, the 89-year-old male driver of the Fiat Seicento and the 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 2004
Tuesday, 13:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Fiat Seicento
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36055, longitude 1.39666, in the CT10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broadstairs. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peters, Thanet, CT10 2NT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446TH89787
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
256
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Seicento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    89 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Seicento)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 89, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Seicento)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

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

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 200446TH89787 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.