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Serious unclassified road crash in Swale ME12 on 28 April 1988 at 12:30 involving a car

A car and a minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 12:30 on Thursday 28 April 1988. There were thirteen casualties: five people were seriously injured and eight were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Apr 1988
Thursday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Car and minibus
Casualties
13
5 seriously injured, 8 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41597, longitude 0.81154, in the ME12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198846BF03568
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

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

Casualties (13)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Aged 28, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Aged 29, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Aged 43, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Aged 41, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Aged 31, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Aged 31, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Aged 20, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Serious

    Aged 52, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Aged 29, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Serious

    Aged 29, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Aged 48, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

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 198846BF03568 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.