Serious B2001 crash in Medway on 16 February 2008 at 21:42 involving a Nissan Skyline
A Nissan Skyline crashed on the B2001 in Medway at 21:42 on Saturday 16 February 2008. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Feb 2008
- Saturday, 21:42
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Skyline
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45179, longitude 0.70092, in the ME3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008460053313
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2001
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 1992.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B2001 in Medway, 10 April 1992
28 m awayRef 1992460313015
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B2001 in Medway, 5 December 1992
36 m awayRef 1992460316642
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the B2001 in Medway, 3 December 1992
78 m awayRef 1992460316639
Slight
Car crash on the A228 in Medway, 24 July 1987
108 m awayRef 1987462106607
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B2001 in Medway, 15 April 1986
117 m awayRef 1986462103316
Serious
Van crash on the B2001 in Medway, 24 January 1980
209 m awayRef 1980462100750
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Skyline
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Skyline)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Skyline)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Skyline)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Skyline)
- 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 2008460053313 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Medway road accident statistics for 2008.