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A229 crash in Maidstone on 11 December 1992 at 13:05 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Vanden Plas 1500 were involved in a crash on the A229 in Maidstone at 13:05 on Friday 11 December 1992. A 51-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 1992
Friday, 13:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Vanden Plas 1500
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1391, longitude 0.55392, in the TN12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992461309264
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
229
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 January 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vanden Plas 1500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,485 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1992461309264 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 1992.