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A229 crash in Maidstone on 31 March 1979 at 16:15 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A229 in Maidstone at 16:15 on Saturday 31 March 1979. The 28-year-old male driver of the van, a 23-year-old female passenger in the van and a 1-year-old male passenger in the van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 1979
Saturday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19298, longitude 0.53313, in the TN12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979461102269
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
229
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 1979461102269 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maidstone road accident statistics for 1979.