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Serious A250 crash in Swale on 9 February 2007 at 18:45 involving a Citroen C3

A Citroen C3 and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A250 in Swale at 18:45 on Friday 9 February 2007. All five casualties were seriously injured. One of them was a pedestrian.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Feb 2007
Friday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Citroen C3 and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
5
5 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4343, longitude 0.76824, in the ME12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sheerness. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sheerness, Swale, ME12 2PE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007460142073
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
250
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2007460142073 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 2007.