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A259 crash in Folkestone and Hythe on 4 October 2014 at 10:55 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra crashed on the A259 in Folkestone and Hythe at 10:55 on Saturday 4 October 2014. A 71-year-old female passenger 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 Oct 2014
Saturday, 10:55
Vehicles
1
Nissan Micra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02518, longitude 0.99651, in the TN29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dymchurch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Romney Marsh, Folkestone and Hythe, TN29 0TD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Folkestone and Hythe

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014460247699
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
259
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,240 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2014460247699 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.