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A258 crash in Dover on 23 May 2025 at 12:25 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A DAF Trucks lorry hit a pedestrian on the A258 in Dover at 12:25 on Friday 23 May 2025. A 43-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 2025
Friday, 12:25
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22044, longitude 1.40272, in the CT14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Deal. It is one of the crashes that make up the Middle Deal, Dover, CT14 9AA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dover

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025461593898
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    10,837 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025461593898 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.