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A228 crash in Medway on 24 December 1995 at 21:45 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a Lotus Esprit were involved in a crash on the A228 in Medway at 21:45 on Sunday 24 December 1995. The 28-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series and the 28-year-old male driver of the Lotus Esprit were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1995
Sunday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Lotus Esprit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41876, longitude 0.53107, in the ME3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199546ME00575
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
228
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
228

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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 4 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lotus Esprit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,174 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lotus Esprit)

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 199546ME00575 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 1995.