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Unclassified road crash in Folkestone and Hythe TN29 on 16 October 2007 at 19:48 involving a Citroen Xsara

A Citroen Xsara hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Folkestone and Hythe at 19:48 on Tuesday 16 October 2007. A 14-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 2007
Tuesday, 19:48
Vehicles
1
Citroen Xsara
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94896, longitude 0.96612, in the TN29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Littlestone-on-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Folkestone and Hythe

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007460148114
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
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
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2007460148114 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Folkestone and Hythe road accident statistics for 2007.