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A278 crash in Medway on 24 April 1996 at 16:00 involving an Audi 80

An Audi 80 and a Nissan Cherry were involved in a crash on the A278 in Medway at 16:00 on Wednesday 24 April 1996. The 27-year-old female driver of the Nissan Cherry was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Apr 1996
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Audi 80 and Nissan Cherry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34237, longitude 0.57813, in the ME7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646ME02209
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
278
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
278

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 serious injury crash on 14 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Cherry)

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 199646ME02209 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 1996.