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A20 crash in Maidstone on 21 December 2002 at 15:15 involving a bicycle

A vehicle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A20 in Maidstone at 15:15 on Saturday 21 December 2002. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2002
Saturday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26765, longitude 0.57068, in the ME14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bearsted. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bearsted & Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8LA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200246MA69302
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
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 200246MA69302 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.