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Unclassified road crash in Medway ME8 on 21 January 2001 at 19:18 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, a Daewoo Lanos and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Medway at 19:18 on Sunday 21 January 2001. An 11-year-old female passenger in the Daewoo Lanos, the 34-year-old male driver of the Daewoo Lanos and the 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 2001
Sunday, 19:18
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3654, longitude 0.61164, in the ME8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rainham South West, Medway, ME8 7JJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001464635889
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
T or staggered 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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Lanos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Lanos)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Lanos)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 2001464635889 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 2001.