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A258 crash in Dover on 16 March 2014 at 11:48 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta, a Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A258 in Dover at 11:48 on Sunday 16 March 2014. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 2014
Sunday, 11:48
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17449, longitude 1.36665, in the CT14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Dover, CT15 6HW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014460239329
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
50 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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 2014460239329 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 2014.