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C road crash in Medway ME7 on 8 August 1991 at 17:00 involving an Austin Morris Mini

An Austin Morris Mini and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on a C road in Medway at 17:00 on Thursday 8 August 1991. The 19-year-old female driver of the Austin Morris Mini and the 57-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly 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
Slight
Date
8 Aug 1991
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Austin Morris Mini and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38646, longitude 0.54424, in the ME7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146BB47441
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
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 23 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Mini)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 199146BB47441 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Medway road accident statistics for 1991.