A256 crash in Thanet on 4 September 2013 at 10:00 involving a Proton Gen 2
A Proton Gen 2 and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A256 in Thanet at 10:00 on Wednesday 4 September 2013. The 30-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
- 4 Sep 2013
- Wednesday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Proton Gen 2 and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33024, longitude 1.37475, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cliffsend and Pegwell, Thanet, CT12 5HF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thanet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013460231783
- Council area
- Thanet
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A256 in Thanet, 21 March 2000
10 m awayRef 200046TH15105
Slight
Car crash on the A256 in Thanet, 1 September 2011
10 m awayRef 2011460204786
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2566 in Thanet, 16 February 2005
14 m awayRef 2005460106597
Slight
Volvo crash on the A256 in Thanet, 10 January 1994
20 m awayRef 1994460715266
Slight
Scania crash on the A256 in Thanet, 3 September 2007
28 m awayRef 2007460146063
Serious
Car crash on the A256 in Thanet, 1 November 1988
32 m awayRef 198846EC20668
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Proton Gen 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, 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 2013460231783 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thanet road accident statistics for 2013.