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A299 crash in Thanet on 21 January 2005 at 08:30 involving a Mazda MX-3

A Mazda MX-3 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A299 in Thanet at 08:30 on Friday 21 January 2005. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 2005
Friday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Mazda MX-3 and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34376, longitude 1.317, 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

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005460105587
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
299
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2048

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,845 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 2005460105587 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 2005.