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Serious B2055 crash in Thanet on 24 December 2020 at 10:00 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan

A Volkswagen Tiguan and a mobility scooter were involved in a crash on the B2055 in Thanet at 10:00 on Thursday 24 December 2020. The 48-year-old female rider of the mobility scooter was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Dec 2020
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Tiguan and mobility scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38536, longitude 1.38347, in the CT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Margate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cliftonville West, Thanet, CT9 1QT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thanet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020461010820
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
2055
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Tiguan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South 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
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    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
    48 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 2 (Mobility scooter)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2020461010820 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 2020.