Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious B2048 crash in Thanet on 11 September 2004 at 10:30 involving a Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry and a ridden horse were involved in a crash on the B2048 in Thanet at 10:30 on Saturday 11 September 2004. The 42-year-old female rider of the ridden horse was seriously 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
Serious
Date
11 Sep 2004
Saturday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF FA 55 and ridden horse
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33895, longitude 1.3155, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thanet Villages, Thanet, CT12 4FN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446TH99067
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2048
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 55

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ridden horse

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, horse rider, on vehicle 2 (Ridden horse)

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 200446TH99067 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.