Serious B2231 crash in Swale on 29 April 2000 at 17:35 involving a Rover 800 Series
A Rover 800 Series, a Renault Clio and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the B2231 in Swale at 17:35 on Saturday 29 April 2000. The 33-year-old male driver of the Rover 800 Series was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Apr 2000
- Saturday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 800 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39612, longitude 0.92524, 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
- 200046SW17214
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2231
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 September 2001.
Serious
Citroen AX crash on the B2231 in Swale, 2 September 2001
14 m awayRef 200146SW45762
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 8 September 1979
14 m awayRef 1979466407179
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the B2231 in Swale, 30 March 1997
32 m awayRef 199746SW07699
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B2231 in Swale, 26 May 1993
76 m awayRef 1993460519132
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2231 in Swale, 29 March 1990
91 m awayRef 199046BF02730
Slight
Rover 2000 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 30 July 1990
91 m awayRef 199046BD17380
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 800 Series)
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 200046SW17214 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 2000.