Serious A258 crash in Dover on 9 June 2023 at 15:49 involving a Honda CBR motorcycle
A Honda CBR motorcycle and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the A258 in Dover at 15:49 on Friday 9 June 2023. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR motorcycle was seriously injured and the 34-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 207 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Jun 2023
- Friday, 15:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2411, longitude 1.35207, in the CT14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dover
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023461320985
- Council area
- Dover
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 258
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2019.
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A258 in Dover, 11 December 2019
1 m awayRef 2019460912137
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A258 in Dover, 1 February 2003
7 m awayRef 200346SK71486
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A258 in Dover, 4 August 2008
7 m awayRef 2008460161090
Fatal
Yamaha R6 crash on the A258 in Dover, 17 July 2002
11 m awayRef 200246SK60794
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A258 in Dover, 7 December 2008
11 m awayRef 2008460166318
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A258 in Dover, 27 May 2021
21 m awayRef 2021461052729
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2023461320985 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 2023.