The victim of a death crash on a dangerous stretch of road yesterday was a 45-year-old man, police have confirmed.

He was killed in the single-car crash when his Audi TT careered off the A291 Canterbury Road in Herne Common.

Emergency crews rushed to the scene after the accident at the junction with Bullockstone Road at about 2.45pm yesterday.

It is understood he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man, who lived locally, was the only person in the car when it crashed.

Officers, who have informed his family, closed the road for almost five hours between Curtis Wood Road and Busheyfields Road.

Stephen Whiting, who runs a fencing business and lives on the Bullockstone Road junction, captured the crash on his CCTV.

The footage has been given to police, who are examining it for clues as to how the accident happened.

Mr Whiting said: "I had just left for the school run when I got a phone call to say what had happened and managed to get back before the road was closed.

"We've lived here for seven years and during that time there have been dozens of crashes.

"Most don't even get reported and the cars are just pulled out of the bushes."

In 2015, the A291 was rated among the most dangerous roads in Britain by the Road Safety Foundation, following 19 serious or fatal crashes in seven years.

Anyone who witnessed yesterday’s crash or the Audi in the moments before should call the police’s serious collision investigation unit on 01622 798538, or email sciu.td@kent.pnn.police.uk, quoting reference MC/DH/032/17.