Unclassified road crash in Canterbury CT2 on 11 February 2018 at 05:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Toyota Prius+ were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Canterbury at 05:30 on Sunday 11 February 2018. The 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2018
- Sunday, 05:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Toyota Prius+
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31177, longitude 1.03627, in the CT2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blean.
Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460269662
- Council area
- Canterbury
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 2001.
Slight
Scania crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 4 April 2001
15 m awayRef 200146CT38889
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 2 August 2013
26 m awayRef 2013460230584
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 30 November 2025
29 m awayRef 2025461675913
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 14 August 2006
34 m awayRef 2006460129516
Slight
Car crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 9 August 1986
39 m awayRef 1986465107016
Fatal
Car crash on the A290 in Canterbury, 5 February 1983
39 m awayRef 1983466100863
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius+
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018460269662 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 2018.