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Fatal B2097 crash in Medway on 13 February 2000 at 13:19 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B2097 in Medway at 13:19 on Sunday 13 February 2000. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed and a female passenger in the bus or coach 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
Fatal
Date
13 Feb 2000
Sunday, 13:19
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bus or coach
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36875, longitude 0.49961, in the ME1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rochester.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200046ME00010
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2097
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200046ME00010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Medway road accident statistics for 2000.