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A20 crash in Maidstone on 25 May 2006 at 16:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A20 in Maidstone at 16:30 on Thursday 25 May 2006. The 36-year-old male driver of the Kia Sportage was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 May 2006
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Kia Sportage
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25882, longitude 0.61978, in the ME17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs, Maidstone, ME17 1PA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006460126312
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Sportage)

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 2006460126312 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 2006.