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Unclassified road crash in Dover CT3 on 29 September 2016 at 09:16 involving a Citroen C1

A Citroen C1 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dover at 09:16 on Thursday 29 September 2016. The 53-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 and the 68-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Sep 2016
Thursday, 09:16
Vehicles
2
Citroen C1 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22078, longitude 1.19627, in the CT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aylesham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell, Dover, CT3 3BJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460124246
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2016460124246 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dover road accident statistics for 2016.