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Unclassified road crash in Dover CT17 on 28 January 2025 at 17:30 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dover at 17:30 on Tuesday 28 January 2025. The 12-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 2025
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12196, longitude 1.28966, in the CT17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dover. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tower Hamlets, Dover, CT17 0DQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025461548565
Council area
Dover
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
B
Second road number
2011

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2025461548565 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 2025.