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Serious A274 crash in Maidstone on 29 May 2005 at 07:47 involving a Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle

A car and a Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A274 in Maidstone at 07:47 on Sunday 29 May 2005. The 42-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 May 2005
Sunday, 07:47
Vehicles
2
Car and Kawasaki ZX550
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23935, longitude 0.57727, in the ME17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005460110770
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
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 31 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 March 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX550

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX550)

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 2005460110770 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 2005.