B2050 crash in Thanet on 26 February 2023 at 17:55 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B2050 in Thanet at 17:55 on Sunday 26 February 2023. A 76-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa, a 32-year-old female passenger in the Mazda 3 and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Mazda 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2023
- Sunday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 3 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35426, longitude 1.33732, in the CT7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Thanet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023461285192
- 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
- 2050
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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 slight injury crash on 23 July 2019.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 23 July 2019
6 m awayRef 2019460864009
Serious
Honda Accord crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 19 June 1997
6 m awayRef 199746TH32125
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 11 August 2004
6 m awayRef 200446TH97906
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 9 November 2001
6 m awayRef 200146TH49100
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 19 December 1996
6 m awayRef 199646TH29614
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the B2050 in Thanet, 14 June 1992
6 m awayRef 1992460707060
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023461285192 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 2023.