Unclassified road crash in Thanet CT12 on 1 September 2025 at 16:57 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thanet at 16:57 on Monday 1 September 2025. The 44-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2025
- Monday, 16:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34091, longitude 1.27389, in the CT12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thanet Villages, Thanet, CT12 4JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thanet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025461636596
- Council area
- Thanet
- 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
- 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
- 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, 146 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 January 2010.
Serious
Car crash on the B2047 in Thanet, 28 January 2010
146 m awayRef 2010460182430
Slight
DAF Trucks Fad 85CF crash on the A253 in Thanet, 16 January 2007
169 m awayRef 2007460136575
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A253 in Thanet, 14 June 1993
202 m awayRef 1993460712065
Slight
Toyota Previa crash on the A253 in Thanet, 15 July 2007
219 m awayRef 2007460144226
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A253 in Thanet, 26 June 2013
219 m awayRef 2013460229055
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A253 in Thanet, 3 February 2001
222 m awayRef 200146TH36142
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 2025461636596 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thanet road accident statistics for 2025.