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Serious B2001 crash in Medway on 25 August 2000 at 20:55 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle crashed on the B2001 in Medway at 20:55 on Friday 25 August 2000. The 28-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Aug 2000
Friday, 20:55
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44885, longitude 0.60848, in the ME3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200046ME00395
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2001
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 February 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 200046ME00395 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.