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Fatal A249 crash in Swale on 5 June 2002 at 16:10 involving a Jaguar Sovereign

A Jaguar Sovereign crashed on the A249 in Swale at 16:10 on Wednesday 5 June 2002. A 20-year-old male passenger was killed and three other people were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Jun 2002
Wednesday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Jaguar Sovereign
Casualties
4
1 killed, 3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38361, longitude 0.74362, in the ME9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Swale, ME9 8SS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200246SW58473
Council area
Swale
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
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar Sovereign

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    4,235 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar Sovereign)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar Sovereign)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar Sovereign)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar Sovereign)

    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 200246SW58473 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 2002.