A290 crash in Canterbury on 25 January 2016 at 08:30 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle
A Honda CBF125M motorcycle and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A290 in Canterbury at 08:30 on Monday 25 January 2016. The 25-year-old female rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2016
- Monday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBF125M and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29945, longitude 1.04976, in the CT2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blean. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blean Forest, Canterbury, CT2 9EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460041797
- Council area
- Canterbury
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 290
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2013.
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 8 December 2013
9 m awayRef 2013460235502
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 11 September 2018
12 m awayRef 2018460329897
Slight
Car crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 11 September 1981
15 m awayRef 1981466108021
Serious
Car crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 18 March 1980
15 m awayRef 1980466102010
Slight
Van crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 18 April 1983
15 m awayRef 1983466102883
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 28 September 2010
28 m awayRef 2010460191477
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBF125M
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF125M)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016460041797 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 2016.