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Serious unclassified road crash in Folkestone and Hythe CT18 on 25 August 2025 at 21:04 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Folkestone and Hythe at 21:04 on Monday 25 August 2025. The 23-year-old female driver of the Seat Ibiza, the 30-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series and a 31-year-old female passenger in the BMW 5 Series were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Aug 2025
Monday, 21:04
Vehicles
2
Seat Ibiza and BMW 5 Series
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11258, longitude 1.19335, in the CT18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne, Dover, CT18 7ET area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Folkestone and Hythe

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025461633199
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

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 2025461633199 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 2025.