A258 crash in Dover on 11 December 2019 at 08:45 involving a Volkswagen Caddy
A Volkswagen Caddy and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A258 in Dover at 08:45 on Wednesday 11 December 2019. The 69-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Caddy and the 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2019
- Wednesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Caddy and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24111, longitude 1.35209, in the CT14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dover
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019460912137
- Council area
- Dover
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 258
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 9 June 2023.
Serious
Honda CBR crash on the A258 in Dover, 9 June 2023
1 m awayRef 2023461320985
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A258 in Dover, 1 February 2003
6 m awayRef 200346SK71486
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A258 in Dover, 4 August 2008
6 m awayRef 2008460161090
Fatal
Yamaha R6 crash on the A258 in Dover, 17 July 2002
11 m awayRef 200246SK60794
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A258 in Dover, 7 December 2008
12 m awayRef 2008460166318
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A258 in Dover, 27 May 2021
21 m awayRef 2021461052729
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Caddy)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019460912137 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 2019.