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B2048 crash in Thanet on 18 January 2016 at 11:48 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Nissan Note were involved in a crash on the B2048 in Thanet at 11:48 on Monday 18 January 2016. The 40-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 72-year-old male driver of the Nissan Note were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jan 2016
Monday, 11:48
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Nissan Note
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33901, longitude 1.31554, 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
2016460042731
Council area
Thanet
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2048
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Note

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least 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 2016460042731 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 2016.