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Serious A2 crash in Dover on 4 March 2020 at 12:22 involving a Kia Sportage

A Kia Sportage and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dover at 12:22 on Wednesday 4 March 2020. The 70-year-old female driver of the Mini One was seriously injured and the 57-year-old male driver of the Kia Sportage was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Mar 2020
Wednesday, 12:22
Vehicles
2
Kia Sportage and Mini One
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17215, longitude 1.24357, in the CT15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020460936613
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Sportage

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,591 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mini One

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Sportage)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious

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 2020460936613 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 2020.