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B2008 crash in Swale on 15 March 1996 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Fiat Tipo were involved in a crash on the B2008 in Swale at 18:00 on Friday 15 March 1996. The 32-year-old male driver of the Fiat Tipo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Mar 1996
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Fiat Tipo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42174, longitude 0.81088, in the ME12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646SW01644
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2008
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
2008

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 13 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,929 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

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 199646SW01644 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 1996.