A2 crash in Dover on 3 December 2018 at 14:45 involving a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle
A Honda GLR 125 motorcycle and a Mazda 2 were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dover at 14:45 on Monday 3 December 2018. The 32-year-old male rider of the Honda GLR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2018
- Monday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda GLR 125 and Mazda 2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.181, longitude 1.20346, in the CT4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dover
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460351935
- Council area
- Dover
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 May 2011.
Serious
Volvo S60 crash on the A2 in Dover, 2 May 2011
6 m awayRef 2011460199773
Slight
HGV crash on the A2 in Canterbury, 13 September 2000
78 m awayRef 200046SK29246
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Dover, 16 July 1983
149 m awayRef 1983465205573
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A2 in Dover, 20 July 1979
149 m awayRef 1979465205089
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the A2 in Dover, 6 May 2013
174 m awayRef 2013460227136
Fatal
Volkswagen T-Cross crash on the A2 in Dover, 19 May 2021
197 m awayRef 2021461047324
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda GLR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)
- 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 2018460351935 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 2018.