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Serious B2010 crash in Maidstone on 30 December 1985 at 09:45 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the B2010 in Maidstone at 09:45 on Monday 30 December 1985. The 19-year-old male driver of the lorry was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 1985
Monday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25164, longitude 0.4819, in the ME15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985461114815
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2010
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 February 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 1985461114815 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 1985.