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Serious A2017 crash in Medway on 8 November 1993 at 17:10 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro hit a pedestrian on the A2017 in Medway at 17:10 on Monday 8 November 1993. A 15-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Nov 1993
Monday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39678, longitude 0.49536, in the ME2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rochester.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993460321553
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2017
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1993460321553 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.