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Serious B2163 crash in Maidstone on 1 August 1991 at 16:50 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the B2163 in Maidstone at 16:50 on Thursday 1 August 1991. A 6-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Aug 1991
Thursday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23275, longitude 0.49435, in the ME17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coxheath.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146AA45011
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2163
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199146AA45011 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 1991.