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B2008 crash in Swale on 1 August 1997 at 18:30 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240 crashed on the B2008 in Swale at 18:30 on Friday 1 August 1997. A 39-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 1997
Friday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo 240
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42174, longitude 0.8106, 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
199746SW09809
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

    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 199746SW09809 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 1997.