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B2008 crash in Swale on 26 March 1988 at 00:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B2008 in Swale at 00:10 on Saturday 26 March 1988. A 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Mar 1988
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41983, longitude 0.80027, in the ME12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198846BD02438
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2008
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198846BD02438 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 1988.