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Serious A28 crash in Canterbury on 26 September 2016 at 08:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Peugeot V Clic motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 08:40 on Monday 26 September 2016. The 16-year-old female rider of the Peugeot V Clic motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Sep 2016
Monday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Peugeot V Clic
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27218, longitude 1.06905, in the CT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canterbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wincheap, Canterbury, CT1 3TR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460113108
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
28
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 November 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot V Clic

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Peugeot V Clic)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2016460113108 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.