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Fatal A255 crash in Thanet on 8 August 2004 at 01:35 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 crashed on the A255 in Thanet at 01:35 on Sunday 8 August 2004. The 25-year-old male driver was killed and three other people were seriously 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
Fatal
Date
8 Aug 2004
Sunday, 01:35
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 406
Casualties
4
1 killed, 3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34499, longitude 1.42754, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446TH97565
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

    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 200446TH97565 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.