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Serious unclassified road crash in Thanet CT12 on 26 April 2017 at 16:20 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a Keeway Superlight motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thanet at 16:20 on Wednesday 26 April 2017. The 39-year-old male rider of the Keeway Superlight motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 2017
Wednesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and Keeway Superlight
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34435, longitude 1.39879, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ramsgate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northwood, Thanet, CT12 6BP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017460178716
Council area
Thanet
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Keeway Superlight

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Keeway Superlight)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2017460178716 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 2017.