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Serious unclassified road crash in Dover CT15 on 29 May 2009 at 13:00 involving a Seddon/Atkinson lorry

A Seddon/Atkinson lorry crashed on an unclassified road in Dover at 13:00 on Friday 29 May 2009. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 May 2009
Friday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Seddon/Atkinson
Casualties
5
2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15037, longitude 1.34529, in the CT15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009460172772
Council area
Dover
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
60 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
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, 166 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Seddon/Atkinson)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2009460172772 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.