Serious A256 crash in Thanet on 15 June 2006 at 13:07 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a car were involved in a crash on the A256 in Thanet at 13:07 on Thursday 15 June 2006. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jun 2006
- Thursday, 13:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and car
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34872, longitude 1.38588, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsgate.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006460127272
- 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
- 40 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 slight injury crash on 18 July 1998.
Slight
Car crash on the A256 in Thanet, 18 July 1998
At the same spotRef 199846TH05790
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A256 in Thanet, 31 January 1994
At the same spotRef 1994460714987
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A256 in Thanet, 13 November 1997
At the same spotRef 199746TH01501
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A256 in Thanet, 18 December 1996
10 m awayRef 199646TH29634
Serious
Toyota Hiace crash on the A256 in Thanet, 16 February 1995
10 m awayRef 1995460720086
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A256 in Thanet, 8 April 1991
10 m awayRef 199146EC07211
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2006460127272 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 2006.