B2050 crash in Thanet on 22 December 2018 at 11:53 involving a Mazda MX-5
A Mazda MX-5 and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B2050 in Thanet at 11:53 on Saturday 22 December 2018. The 75-year-old male driver of the Mazda MX-5 and the 22-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2018
- Saturday, 11:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda MX-5 and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34928, longitude 1.34734, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thanet Villages, Thanet, CT12 5BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thanet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460355182
- Council area
- Thanet
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2050
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 2050
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2018.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Thanet, 5 August 2018
4 m awayRef 2018460319287
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 4 April 2019
6 m awayRef 2019460836080
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Thanet, 30 March 2017
7 m awayRef 2017460168832
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 17 March 2007
16 m awayRef 2007460139087
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 30 September 2010
16 m awayRef 2010460191666
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 6 August 2002
16 m awayRef 200246TH61714
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018460355182 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 2018.