C road crash in Swale ME12 on 11 December 2002 at 10:16 involving a Citroen ZX
A Citroen ZX and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on a C road in Swale at 10:16 on Wednesday 11 December 2002. The 77-year-old male driver of the Renault 5 and a 77-year-old female passenger in the Renault 5 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2002
- Wednesday, 10:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen ZX and Renault 5
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42459, longitude 0.79815, in the ME12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Minster Cliffs, Swale, ME12 2DZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200246SW68451
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 1999.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Swale, 9 March 1999
14 m awayRef 199946SW00985
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 4 March 2016
17 m awayRef 2016460051006
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 31 May 2020
48 m awayRef 2020460955040
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on a C road in Swale, 14 December 2016
62 m awayRef 2016460140825
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 14 December 1985
76 m awayRef 1985462411835
Serious
Nissan Cherry crash on a C road in Swale, 17 November 1990
76 m awayRef 199046BD26370
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)
- 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 200246SW68451 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.