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B2163 crash in Maidstone on 24 October 1995 at 08:30 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and an Austin Mini were involved in a crash on the B2163 in Maidstone at 08:30 on Tuesday 24 October 1995. The 25-year-old male driver of the Austin Mini was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1995
Tuesday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Austin Mini
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22911, longitude 0.54228, in the ME17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loose.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199546MA20218
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2163
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2163

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Mini)

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 199546MA20218 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 1995.