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A291 crash in Canterbury on 11 January 2025 at 09:45 involving a Suzuki Alto

A Suzuki Alto crashed on the A291 in Canterbury at 09:45 on Saturday 11 January 2025. The 74-year-old female driver and a 51-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 2025
Saturday, 09:45
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Alto
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31539, longitude 1.11709, in the CT3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sturry, Canterbury, CT3 4NG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Canterbury

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025461540288
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
291
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Snow
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

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, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Alto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2025461540288 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 2025.