A299 crash in Thanet on 27 December 2015 at 18:40 involving a Ford Streetka
A Ford Streetka and a Honda CBF125M motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A299 in Thanet at 18:40 on Sunday 27 December 2015. The 33-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2015
- Sunday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Streetka and Honda CBF125M
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34383, longitude 1.31667, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thanet Villages, Thanet, CT12 4FN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thanet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015460265446
- 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
- 299
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 299
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1993.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A253 in Thanet, 10 January 1993
10 m awayRef 1993460710141
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A253 in Thanet, 30 May 2004
10 m awayRef 200446TH94480
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 1000 crash on the A299 in Thanet, 17 September 2017
10 m awayRef 2017460222272
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A299 in Thanet, 3 January 2017
12 m awayRef 2017460149381
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A253 in Thanet, 26 October 2012
14 m awayRef 2012460220102
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A299 in Thanet, 8 September 2009
14 m awayRef 2009460177850
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Streetka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CBF125M
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBF125M)
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 2015460265446 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 2015.