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Serious unclassified road crash in Medway ME5 on 9 January 1992 at 16:30 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Medway at 16:30 on Thursday 9 January 1992. The 16-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1992
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33581, longitude 0.53669, in the ME5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992460306246
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 1992460306246 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 1992.