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A291 crash in Canterbury on 1 December 2019 at 12:30 involving a Ford Transit Custom lorry

Five vehicles, including a Ford Transit Custom lorry and a Vauxhall Mokka, were involved in a crash on the A291 in Canterbury at 12:30 on Sunday 1 December 2019. The 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Custom lorry and the 32-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
1 Dec 2019
Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles
5
Ford Transit Custom and 4 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35598, longitude 1.13037, in the CT6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Herne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herne & Broomfield, Canterbury, CT6 5LZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019460907490
Council area
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
291
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    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
    50 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Mokka

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 4: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    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
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 5: Chevrolet Cruze

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Custom)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Qashqai)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2019460907490 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 2019.