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A258 crash in Dover on 15 December 2019 at 21:33 involving a Citroen C4

A car and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A258 in Dover at 21:33 on Sunday 15 December 2019. The 67-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4, the 58-year-old male driver of the car and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2019
Sunday, 21:33
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen C4
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14605, longitude 1.33417, in the CT15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Dover, CT15 5FD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019460938632
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2019460938632 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.