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Serious A256 crash in Thanet on 8 August 2004 at 15:29 involving a Honda CB500 motorcycle

A van and a Honda CB500 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A256 in Thanet at 15:29 on Sunday 8 August 2004. The 43-year-old male rider of the Honda CB500 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Aug 2004
Sunday, 15:29
Vehicles
2
Van and Honda CB500
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31317, longitude 1.35197, in the CT12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandwich, Dover, CT13 9NL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446TH97589
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
60 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
B
Second road number
2048

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
Dislodged vehicle load in carriageway

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CB500

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CB500)

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 200446TH97589 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.