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Unclassified road crash in Maidstone ME17 on 17 July 1996 at 17:15 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Mercedes 190 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone at 17:15 on Wednesday 17 July 1996. The 38-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jul 1996
Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Mercedes 190
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23944, longitude 0.5513, in the ME17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646MA22926
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    654 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 199646MA22926 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 1996.