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A249 crash in Maidstone on 12 November 2001 at 19:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta, a Peugeot 406 and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on the A249 in Maidstone at 19:45 on Monday 12 November 2001. The 37-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406, the 38-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Shogun and a passenger in the Mitsubishi Shogun were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 2001
Monday, 19:45
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29663, longitude 0.56957, in the ME14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boxley Downs, Maidstone, ME14 3JS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146MA49995
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
249
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

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 200146MA49995 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maidstone road accident statistics for 2001.