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C road crash in Maidstone ME14 on 6 August 1998 at 16:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on a C road in Maidstone at 16:20 on Thursday 6 August 1998. A male pedestrian 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
6 Aug 1998
Thursday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28044, longitude 0.52274, in the ME14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846MA30815
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
C
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 199846MA30815 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.