A228 crash in Medway on 17 September 1993 at 09:20 involving an ERF lorry
An ERF lorry and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A228 in Medway at 09:20 on Friday 17 September 1993. The 32-year-old male driver of the minibus, a 46-year-old female passenger in the minibus and a 42-year-old female passenger in the minibus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Sep 1993
- Friday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- ERF and minibus
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37664, longitude 0.46078, in the ME2 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993460320807
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 228
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 60 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2019.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A228 in Medway, 9 May 2019
60 m awayRef 2019460845650
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 14 April 1991
71 m awayRef 199146BA40571
Serious
Car crash on the A228 in Medway, 16 February 1981
78 m awayRef 1981462101041
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A228 in Medway, 2 January 1990
78 m awayRef 199046BA03890
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 12 January 2025
106 m awayRef 2025461540561
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A228 in Medway, 24 March 2017
130 m awayRef 2017460173011
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: ERF
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 14,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Minibus
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
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 1993460320807 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 1993.