Fatal B2190 crash in Thanet on 9 August 2022 at 11:32 involving an Audi TT
Six vehicles, including an Audi TT and a Ford Focus, were involved in a crash on the B2190 in Thanet at 11:32 on Tuesday 9 August 2022. The 23-year-old male driver of the Audi TT was killed and the 27-year-old male driver of the Alexander Dennis bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 9 Aug 2022
- Tuesday, 11:32
- Vehicles
- 6
- Audi TT and 5 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34705, longitude 1.32302, in the CT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thanet Villages, Thanet, CT12 4FN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thanet
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022461207489
- 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
- 2190
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2014.
Slight
Car crash on the B2190 in Thanet, 30 July 2014
26 m awayRef 2014460244842
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the B2190 in Thanet, 23 May 1997
74 m awayRef 199746TH31723
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the B2190 in Thanet, 14 May 1993
86 m awayRef 1993460711645
Slight
Car crash on the B2190 in Thanet, 12 August 2010
116 m awayRef 2010460189655
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B2048 in Thanet, 26 April 2017
126 m awayRef 2017460177888
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B2190 in Thanet, 18 June 2019
129 m awayRef 2019460853574
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 5: Vauxhall Viva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 6: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi TT)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 4 (Alexander Dennis)
- 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 2022461207489 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 2022.