C road crash in Thanet CT10 on 25 January 2008 at 17:08 involving a Hyundai Trajet
A Hyundai Trajet, a Renault Megane and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on a C road in Thanet at 17:08 on Friday 25 January 2008. The 26-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Trajet, the 35-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and the 26-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2008
- Friday, 17:08
- Vehicles
- 3
- Hyundai Trajet and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36952, longitude 1.42233, in the CT10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broadstairs. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beacon Road, Thanet, CT10 3JB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thanet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008460152467
- Council area
- Thanet
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2023.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B2053 in Thanet, 3 November 2023
34 m awayRef 2023461375998
Slight
Dennis crash on a C road in Thanet, 6 January 2003
41 m awayRef 200346TH69309
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the B2053 in Thanet, 9 October 2025
48 m awayRef 2025461653034
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Thanet, 6 December 1982
50 m awayRef 1982465109782
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Thanet, 19 December 1981
50 m awayRef 1981465110651
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Thanet, 3 May 1987
50 m awayRef 1987465403037
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Trajet
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Trajet)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Passat)
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 2008460152467 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 2008.