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Fatal A274 crash in Maidstone on 24 November 1998 at 10:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the A274 in Maidstone at 10:45 on Tuesday 24 November 1998. A 77-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Nov 1998
Tuesday, 10:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21784, longitude 0.59279, in the ME17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton Valence.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846MA00370
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
274
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199846MA00370 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 1998.