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Serious A249 crash in Maidstone on 20 December 2007 at 13:30 involving a Yamaha XJ 600 S Diversion motorcycle

A Yamaha XJ 600 S Diversion motorcycle crashed on the A249 in Maidstone at 13:30 on Thursday 20 December 2007. The 48-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 2007
Thursday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Yamaha XJ 600 S Diversion
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28634, longitude 0.55093, in the ME14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grove Green & Vinters Park, Maidstone, ME14 5GW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007460151512
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
249
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
20

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha XJ 600 S Diversion

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XJ 600 S Diversion)

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 2007460151512 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.