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A28 crash in Thanet on 27 March 2007 at 12:00 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry hit two pedestrians on the A28 in Thanet at 12:00 on Tuesday 27 March 2007. An 18-year-old male pedestrian and a 2-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Mar 2007
Tuesday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38757, longitude 1.38314, in the CT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Margate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cliftonville West, Thanet, CT9 1QT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007460139431
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
28
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
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    12,777 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2007460139431 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 2007.