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Unclassified road crash in Folkestone and Hythe TN29 on 26 October 2024 at 17:28 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Folkestone and Hythe at 17:28 on Saturday 26 October 2024. A 57-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta, a 71-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Oct 2024
Saturday, 17:28
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Transit Custom
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95587, longitude 0.91546, in the TN29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lydd. It is one of the crashes that make up the Walland & Denge Marsh, Folkestone and Hythe, TN29 9DR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024461508947
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
B
Second road number
2075

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

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 2024461508947 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Folkestone and Hythe road accident statistics for 2024.