M2 crash in Swale on 30 June 2006 at 07:30 involving a Mercedes 300 van
A Mercedes 300 van and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the M2 in Swale at 07:30 on Friday 30 June 2006. The 29-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 300 van and the 59-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jun 2006
- Friday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes 300 and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29727, longitude 0.77003, in the ME9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Downs, Swale, ME9 0AY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006460128031
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2010.
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Honda Accord crash on the M2 in Swale, 30 August 2006
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Volkswagen Transporter crash on the M2 in Swale, 11 February 2006
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LDV 400 Series crash on the M2 in Swale, 16 October 2009
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,874 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
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 2006460128031 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 2006.