A28 crash in Canterbury on 30 June 2021 at 16:29 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a BMW X3 were involved in a crash on the A28 in Canterbury at 16:29 on Wednesday 30 June 2021. The 60-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris and the 64-year-old male driver of the BMW X3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jun 2021
- Wednesday, 16:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and BMW X3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26816, longitude 1.04455, in the CT1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wincheap, Canterbury, CT1 3FA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021461063008
- 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
- 28
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 January 2001.
Serious
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 4 January 2001
6 m awayRef 200146CT34356
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 15 August 2009
21 m awayRef 2009460175636
Serious
Car crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 23 August 1979
24 m awayRef 1979466106539
Serious
Car crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 1 November 1986
24 m awayRef 1986465109836
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 1 January 2015
26 m awayRef 2015460251435
Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the A28 in Canterbury, 27 May 2009
26 m awayRef 2009460172628
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021461063008 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 2021.