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Serious A249 crash in Maidstone on 6 December 1997 at 15:58 involving a Vauxhall

A Vauxhall hit a pedestrian on the A249 in Maidstone at 15:58 on Saturday 6 December 1997. A 31-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 1997
Saturday, 15:58
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27664, longitude 0.53214, in the ME14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199746MA28369
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
249
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
2012

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199746MA28369 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.