A28 crash in Canterbury on 9 July 2016 at 00:10 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 00:10 on Saturday 9 July 2016. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jul 2016
- Saturday, 00:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31364, longitude 1.15406, in the CT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hersden.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460086300
- Council area
- Canterbury
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 28
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 2023.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Canterbury, 28 December 2023
47 m awayRef 2023461394834
Serious
Car crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 28 December 1985
100 m awayRef 1985465112155
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 20 January 2013
135 m awayRef 2013460223217
Slight
Sym Jet crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 7 November 2010
139 m awayRef 2010460193242
Slight
Car crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 23 April 1979
142 m awayRef 1979466102709
Slight
Car crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 24 May 1984
142 m awayRef 1984466103734
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016460086300 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.