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A2 crash in Dover on 5 January 2016 at 11:38 involving a Volkswagen Eos

A Volkswagen Eos and a car were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dover at 11:38 on Tuesday 5 January 2016. The 71-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Eos was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 2016
Tuesday, 11:38
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Eos and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1763, longitude 1.21294, in the CT4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dover Downs & River, Dover, CT15 7JW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460265662
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
2
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Eos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    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
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Eos)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2016460265662 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.