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Serious A20 crash in Maidstone on 25 May 1990 at 09:15 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A20 in Maidstone at 09:15 on Friday 25 May 1990. The 42-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 May 1990
Friday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24226, longitude 0.70205, in the ME17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrietsham.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046AA05320
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 199046AA05320 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 1990.