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B2097 crash in Medway on 11 September 1997 at 16:45 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B2097 in Medway at 16:45 on Thursday 11 September 1997. A 15-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Sep 1997
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36452, longitude 0.49834, in the ME1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rochester.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199746ME10159
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2097
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199746ME10159 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 1997.