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Unclassified road crash in Folkestone and Hythe CT18 on 25 July 2014 at 08:00 involving a Vauxhall Agila

A Vauxhall Agila and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Folkestone and Hythe at 08:00 on Friday 25 July 2014. The 52-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jul 2014
Friday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Agila and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10629, longitude 1.17122, in the CT18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Folkestone, Folkestone and Hythe, CT18 7EQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014460244725
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Agila

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,229 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    649 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 2014460244725 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Folkestone and Hythe road accident statistics for 2014.