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Serious A249 crash in Swale on 20 February 1985 at 18:15 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A249 in Swale at 18:15 on Wednesday 20 February 1985. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Feb 1985
Wednesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37383, longitude 0.72992, in the ME9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Iwade.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985462401165
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
249
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2005

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 16 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1985462401165 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 1985.