How were there no fatalities? That's the question when you see these pictures - taken by Kent Messenger Group photographer Terry Scott - of a multi-vehicle crash in thick fog in the county.

The pile-up happened on the A20 between Dover and Folkestone at around 1.20pm Tuesday.

A man in his 30s, who was in the Network Rail van, escaped with an arm injury.

A 38-year-old man, who was driving the car which went into a foreign registered lorry, was airlifted to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

In all, six people were taken to hospital and the M20, A20 and the A260 were closed following the crashes.

The front passenger in the car, a 29-year-old woman, had non-serious injuries and the second passenger, a child, was taken to hospital as a precaution.

The man in the Network Rail van, which collided with a second foreign-registered lorry, was taken to Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital in Margate.

A woman in her late 20s and a child, who were in a camper van, were taken to the William Harvey Hospital with minor cuts and bruises.

A number of minor incidents within the tailback of traffic were reported.

Fire crews from Dover, Folkestone and Ashford, together with three ambulances, a doctor and the Kent Air Ambulance were called to the scene after the first incident near Capel.

A man and a woman were trapped in the wreckage and had to be freed by fire crews using hydraulic rescue equipment.

Police closed the coastbound carriageway of the A20 at Capel to allow emergency services to attend, and the M20 coastbound carriageway was shut at junction 13. The A260 coastbound road was also closed.

Police advice to drivers in poor weather: