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A274 crash in Maidstone on 20 July 1979 at 11:05

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on the A274 in Maidstone at 11:05 on Friday 20 July 1979. A 56-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jul 1979
Friday, 11:05
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21242, longitude 0.59005, in the ME17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton Valence.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979461105419
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
274
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1979461105419 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.