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Serious A231 crash in Medway on 22 March 1994 at 17:40 involving a Ford Orion taxi

A Ford Orion taxi and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A231 in Medway at 17:40 on Tuesday 22 March 1994. The 24-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Mar 1994
Tuesday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3895, longitude 0.54096, in the ME7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460423627
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
231
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1994460423627 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 1994.