B2205 crash in Canterbury on 12 July 2014 at 21:40 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the B2205 in Canterbury at 21:40 on Saturday 12 July 2014. The 33-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series, the 18-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2014
- Saturday, 21:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3637, longitude 1.04329, in the CT5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitstable. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tankerton, Canterbury, CT5 2LA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014460244161
- Council area
- Canterbury
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2205
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 7 July 2010
10 m awayRef 2010460188552
Slight
Austin crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 25 July 1994
10 m awayRef 1994460617383
Slight
Car crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 17 December 2004
32 m awayRef 200446CT04279
Slight
Lada Riva crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 22 August 1991
41 m awayRef 199146EB15411
Slight
Car crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 31 July 2011
41 m awayRef 2011460203245
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B2205 in Canterbury, 1 July 1998
41 m awayRef 199846CT05422
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2014460244161 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Canterbury road accident statistics for 2014.