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Serious A249 crash in Swale on 23 August 1995 at 13:25 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen were involved in a crash on the A249 in Swale at 13:25 on Wednesday 23 August 1995. The 48-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 30-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Aug 1995
Wednesday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39182, longitude 0.75255, in the ME9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199546SW31363
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
249
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,192 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199546SW31363 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.