A289 crash in Medway on 7 July 2008 at 20:22 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A289 in Medway at 20:22 on Monday 7 July 2008. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 2008
- Monday, 20:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Rover 400 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40047, longitude 0.52995, in the ME4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chatham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Strood Rural, Medway, ME2 4XQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008460059451
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 289
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A289 in Medway, 3 May 2014
10 m awayRef 2014460241385
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A289 in Medway, 30 August 2012
10 m awayRef 2012460217762
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A289 in Medway, 14 May 2013
10 m awayRef 2013460227366
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A289 in Medway, 5 October 2016
15 m awayRef 2016460116533
Serious
Audi Q5 crash on the A289 in Medway, 29 May 2025
17 m awayRef 2025461596291
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A289 in Medway, 10 August 2010
22 m awayRef 2010460089660
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)
- 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 2008460059451 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.