Skip to main content
CrashStats

A256 crash in Thanet on 8 March 2016 at 18:28 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Piaggio Zip motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A256 in Thanet at 18:28 on Tuesday 8 March 2016. The 29-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Zip motorcycle and the 24-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 2016
Tuesday, 18:28
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Piaggio Zip
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35681, longitude 1.39027, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsgate. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peters, Thanet, CT10 2NT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460051068
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
256
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Piaggio Zip

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio Zip)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2016460051068 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.