A256 crash in Dover on 1 June 2011 at 16:40 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A256 in Dover at 16:40 on Wednesday 1 June 2011. The 31-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was 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
- 1 Jun 2011
- Wednesday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14741, longitude 1.27829, in the CT16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dover. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dover Downs & River, Dover, CT17 0SG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dover
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011460200838
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 1993.
Serious
Honda CBR1000F crash on the A256 in Dover, 6 September 1993
At the same spotRef 1993460813132
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A256 in Dover, 21 April 2007
10 m awayRef 2007460140460
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A256 in Dover, 21 October 2009
10 m awayRef 2009460178492
Fatal
Toyota Previa crash on the A256 in Dover, 16 February 2005
14 m awayRef 2005460106581
Slight
Renault 11 crash on the A256 in Dover, 15 September 1991
14 m awayRef 199146DB43481
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A256 in Dover, 3 December 2001
14 m awayRef 200146SK50201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- 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
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 2011460200838 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.