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Serious A20 crash in Maidstone on 15 November 1991 at 08:30 involving a Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle

A Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle and a Lada 1500 were involved in a crash on the A20 in Maidstone at 08:30 on Friday 15 November 1991. The 42-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Nov 1991
Friday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki Z550 and Lada 1500
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27375, longitude 0.52424, in the ME14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146AA54701
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

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

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 21 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki Z550

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lada 1500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,452 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki Z550)

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 199146AA54701 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.