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Serious A20 crash in Maidstone on 16 April 2003 at 07:55 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Fiat Brava were involved in a crash on the A20 in Maidstone at 07:55 on Wednesday 16 April 2003. The 41-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova and the male driver of the Fiat Brava were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Apr 2003
Wednesday, 07:55
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Fiat Brava
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24221, longitude 0.7018, in the ME17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrietsham.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200346MA75459
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 October 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,367 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Brava

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)

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 200346MA75459 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 2003.