A2034 crash in Folkestone and Hythe on 1 December 2025 at 15:45 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A2034 in Folkestone and Hythe at 15:45 on Monday 1 December 2025. The 44-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4 and an 8-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Monday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vivaro and Citroen C4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08065, longitude 1.1773, in the CT20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Folkestone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Folkestone Central, Folkestone and Hythe, CT20 1EN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025461677115
- Council area
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2034
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 2033
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2023.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A2034 in Folkestone and Hythe, 22 July 2023
4 m awayRef 2023461337372
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A2034 in Folkestone and Hythe, 2 August 2021
8 m awayRef 2021461074206
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2034 in Folkestone and Hythe, 2 June 2012
11 m awayRef 2012460214589
Slight
Honda crash on the A2033 in Folkestone and Hythe, 1 May 2003
11 m awayRef 200346SK75741
Slight
Chrysler crash on the A2033 in Folkestone and Hythe, 27 November 2014
12 m awayRef 2014460250017
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A2033 in Folkestone and Hythe, 9 January 1994
14 m awayRef 1994460914786
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2025461677115 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.