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Serious A257 crash in Dover on 7 December 2016 at 17:15 involving a Citroen Xsara

A Citroen Xsara hit two pedestrians on the A257 in Dover at 17:15 on Wednesday 7 December 2016. A 5-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 3-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Dec 2016
Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles
1
Citroen Xsara
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27366, longitude 1.2151, in the CT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Stour & Ashstone, Dover, CT3 1BH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460153669
Council area
Dover
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
257
Speed limit
30 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
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    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 2016460153669 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.