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Fatal A2 crash in Medway on 3 May 2003 at 03:30 involving a Ford Transit van

A bus or coach and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A2 in Medway at 03:30 on Saturday 3 May 2003. A 19-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Ford Transit van was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 May 2003
Saturday, 03:30
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38301, longitude 0.50959, in the ME1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rochester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rochester West & Borstal, Medway, ME1 1XH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003464675702
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 19, hit by vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2003464675702 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 2003.