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Fatal A250 crash in Swale on 12 January 1995 at 16:14 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A250 in Swale at 16:14 on Thursday 12 January 1995. The 25-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Jan 1995
Thursday, 16:14
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42356, longitude 0.77604, in the ME12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995460528206
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
250
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

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 1995460528206 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 1995.