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Serious A20 crash in Maidstone on 1 May 1993 at 18:24 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the A20 in Maidstone at 18:24 on Saturday 1 May 1993. The 28-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 May 1993
Saturday, 18:24
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24865, longitude 0.6388, in the ME17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993461310751
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Dual 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist, 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 1993461310751 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 1993.