A229 crash in Maidstone on 7 May 2007 at 15:04 involving a Yamaha motorcycle
A Yamaha motorcycle and a Volvo XC90 were involved in a crash on the A229 in Maidstone at 15:04 on Monday 7 May 2007. The 50-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle and a 47-year-old female passenger on the Yamaha motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2007
- Monday, 15:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha and Volvo XC90
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16497, longitude 0.55252, in the TN12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Staplehurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Staplehurst, Maidstone, TN12 0BX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007460141157
- 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
- 229
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2008.
Slight
Yamaha FZ6 crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 10 January 2008
10 m awayRef 2008460151960
Slight
Suzuki GSF 1200 crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 7 April 2007
10 m awayRef 2007460140043
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 11 February 2013
10 m awayRef 2013460224135
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 7 June 2017
15 m awayRef 2017460190622
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 29 May 2007
20 m awayRef 2007460142376
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 14 January 2011
20 m awayRef 2011460195925
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha
Motorcycle over 500cc
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 989 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)
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 2007460141157 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 2007.