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A258 crash in Dover on 5 May 2013 at 15:54 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun

A Mitsubishi Shogun and a Kia Rio were involved in a crash on the A258 in Dover at 15:54 on Sunday 5 May 2013. The 77-year-old male driver of the Kia Rio, a 78-year-old female passenger in the Kia Rio and a 45-year-old female passenger in the Kia Rio were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 May 2013
Sunday, 15:54
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi Shogun and Kia Rio
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18047, longitude 1.37138, in the CT14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Dover, CT14 8HG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013460228254
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
258
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Rio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Rio)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Rio)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Rio)

    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 2013460228254 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 2013.