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A28 crash in Canterbury on 5 February 2011 at 11:20 involving a Scania bus

Four vehicles, including a Scania bus and a Subaru Impreza, were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 11:20 on Saturday 5 February 2011. All four casualties 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
5 Feb 2011
Saturday, 11:20
Vehicles
4
Scania and 3 others
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29322, longitude 1.10691, in the CT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canterbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northgate, Canterbury, CT1 1ZG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011460196635
Council area
Canterbury
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1981.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    9,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Subaru Impreza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 4: Chrysler Voyager

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,776 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Impreza)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan 100)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan 100)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Chrysler Voyager)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2011460196635 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Canterbury road accident statistics for 2011.