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A2990 crash in Canterbury on 16 June 2016 at 12:30 involving a BMW 1 Series

A BMW 1 Series, a BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A2990 in Canterbury at 12:30 on Thursday 16 June 2016. The 47-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series, the 61-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 54-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jun 2016
Thursday, 12:30
Vehicles
3
BMW 1 Series and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36102, longitude 1.08959, in the CT6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenhill, Canterbury, CT6 7RT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460078566
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
2990
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2023.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2016460078566 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.