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Unclassified road crash in Maidstone ME15 on 18 December 2007 at 08:00 involving a Rover 600 Series

A Rover 600 Series and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone at 08:00 on Tuesday 18 December 2007. The 29-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2007
Tuesday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 600 Series and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26234, longitude 0.52093, in the ME15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Street, Maidstone, ME15 7UA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007460151027
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Frost or ice

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 600 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

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 2007460151027 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.