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A256 crash in Dover on 29 March 2011 at 04:30 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on the A256 in Dover at 04:30 on Tuesday 29 March 2011. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 2011
Tuesday, 04:30
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2882, longitude 1.33508, in the CT13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandwich, Dover, CT13 9FF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011460198524
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
256
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
28%
Estimated chance it was slight
72%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 2011460198524 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 2011.