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Serious A229 crash in Maidstone on 23 March 2002 at 15:25 involving a Vauxhall Tigra

A Vauxhall Tigra and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A229 in Maidstone at 15:25 on Saturday 23 March 2002. The 31-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Tigra, the 47-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Mar 2002
Saturday, 15:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Tigra and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17244, longitude 0.5525, in the TN12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Staplehurst, Maidstone, TN12 0BX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200246MA55906
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
229
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Tigra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Tigra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200246MA55906 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 2002.