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A274 crash in Maidstone on 2 December 2003 at 09:00 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna and a car were involved in a crash on the A274 in Maidstone at 09:00 on Tuesday 2 December 2003. The 60-year-old female driver of the Renault Laguna and the 27-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 2003
Tuesday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Renault Laguna and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16651, longitude 0.63314, in the TN27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Headcorn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Headcorn & Sutton Valence, Maidstone, TN27 9SB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200346MA87774
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
274
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200346MA87774 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.