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Serious A20 crash in Maidstone on 28 November 1990 at 08:25 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the A20 in Maidstone at 08:25 on Wednesday 28 November 1990. The 17-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Nov 1990
Wednesday, 08:25
Vehicles
1
Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2688, longitude 0.56168, in the ME14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bearsted.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046AA25070
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 199046AA25070 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.