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M20 crash in Maidstone on 9 November 1997 at 13:00 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic, a Volkswagen Golf and a Peugeot 505 were involved in a crash on the M20 in Maidstone at 13:00 on Sunday 9 November 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 1997
Sunday, 13:00
Vehicles
3
Honda Civic and 2 others
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26022, longitude 0.62054, in the ME17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199746MA28140
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 505

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,971 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 505)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 199746MA28140 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 1997.