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Unclassified road crash in Swale ME10 on 9 August 1998 at 13:00 involving a Hyundai Lantra

A Hyundai Lantra and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 13:00 on Sunday 9 August 1998. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Aug 1998
Sunday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Lantra and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34727, longitude 0.71168, in the ME10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sittingbourne.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846SW07285
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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 29 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Lantra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,836 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199846SW07285 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.