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Serious unclassified road crash in Swale ME12 on 19 April 1998 at 09:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo crashed on an unclassified road in Swale at 09:00 on Sunday 19 April 1998. The 19-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Apr 1998
Sunday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39549, longitude 0.9276, in the ME12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leysdown-on-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846SW04142
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 199846SW04142 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 1998.