A299 crash in Thanet on 25 August 2016 at 15:10 involving a Toyota Aygo
Three cars and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the A299 in Thanet at 15:10 on Thursday 25 August 2016. The 18-year-old male driver of the Toyota Aygo and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Aygo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Aug 2016
- Thursday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 4
- Toyota Aygo and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35683, longitude 1.26381, in the CT7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thanet Villages, Thanet, CT7 0NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thanet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460106041
- 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
- 299
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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 19 January 2011.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A299 in Thanet, 19 January 2011
4 m awayRef 2011460195911
Serious
Honda CBR crash on the A299 in Thanet, 28 August 2024
16 m awayRef 2024461484860
Slight
Suzuki Grand Vitara crash on the A299 in Thanet, 27 November 2021
20 m awayRef 2021461117136
Slight
Ford New Holland crash on the A299 in Thanet, 14 May 1991
23 m awayRef 199146ED08501
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A299 in Thanet, 18 May 2021
31 m awayRef 2021461051930
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A299 in Thanet, 27 October 2023
38 m awayRef 2023461369041
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Male
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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 home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)
- 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 2016460106041 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.