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A20 crash in Dover on 10 February 2009 at 17:24 involving a Peugeot 107

A Peugeot 107 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A20 in Dover at 17:24 on Tuesday 10 February 2009. The 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 2009
Tuesday, 17:24
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 107 and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1125, longitude 1.20408, in the CT18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne, Dover, CT18 7ET area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009460168781
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, no street lighting
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

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 2009460168781 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dover road accident statistics for 2009.