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Unclassified road crash in Medway ME4 on 20 April 2002 at 11:05 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle, a car and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Medway at 11:05 on Saturday 20 April 2002. The 22-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Apr 2002
Saturday, 11:05
Vehicles
3
Honda and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40024, longitude 0.53239, in the ME4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chatham Central & Brompton, Medway, ME7 5SW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002465716702
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2018.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 2002465716702 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 2002.