Serious unclassified road crash in Thanet CT11 on 14 June 2005 at 16:20 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry
Six vehicles, including an Iveco-Ford lorry and a Renault Espace, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thanet at 16:20 on Tuesday 14 June 2005. The 42-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Jun 2005
- Tuesday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 6
- Iveco-Ford and 5 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33816, longitude 1.40549, in the CT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsgate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nethercourt, Thanet, CT11 0AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thanet
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005460111455
- Council area
- Thanet
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 2007.
Slight
Proton Persona Compact crash on the A253 in Thanet, 5 February 2007
10 m awayRef 2007460137576
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the A255 in Thanet, 13 October 2025
12 m awayRef 2025461654628
Slight
Car crash on the A253 in Thanet, 4 November 1989
14 m awayRef 198946EC23979
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Thanet, 31 March 1981
14 m awayRef 1981465301981
Slight
Car crash on the A253 in Thanet, 29 May 1979
14 m awayRef 1979465303559
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Thanet, 10 March 1986
14 m awayRef 1986465302176
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,861 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot Boxer
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 6: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 42, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)
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 2005460111455 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.