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A250 crash in Swale on 23 December 1993 at 12:49 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A250 in Swale at 12:49 on Thursday 23 December 1993. The 24-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was 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
23 Dec 1993
Thursday, 12:49
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44047, longitude 0.7608, in the ME12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheerness.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993460522262
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
250
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
A
Second road number
250

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 serious injury crash on 8 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 1993460522262 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 1993.