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B2000 crash in Medway on 28 December 2000 at 19:50 involving a Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B2000 in Medway at 19:50 on Thursday 28 December 2000. The 18-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 2000
Thursday, 19:50
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki KMX125 and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41763, longitude 0.4889, in the ME3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200046ME00687
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2000
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KMX125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KMX125)

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 200046ME00687 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.