B2012 crash in Maidstone on 7 October 2006 at 09:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Jeep Cherokee were involved in a crash on the B2012 in Maidstone at 09:20 on Saturday 7 October 2006. The 58-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a flooded single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 2006
- Saturday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Jeep Cherokee
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27945, longitude 0.52, in the ME14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Street, Maidstone, ME14 1TF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006460132126
- Council area
- Maidstone
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2012
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Flood over 3cm deep
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 1993.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 11 May 1993
At the same spotRef 1993461310900
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 16 May 2007
At the same spotRef 2007460141624
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B2012 in Maidstone, 6 December 2012
At the same spotRef 2012460222928
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the B2012 in Maidstone, 1 April 2019
4 m awayRef 2019460830169
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 29 May 1993
10 m awayRef 1993461311335
Slight
Bedford crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 4 February 1994
10 m awayRef 1994461313755
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,701 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2006460132126 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.