B2006 crash in Swale on 23 July 2008 at 21:58 involving a Derbi Senda motorcycle
A Derbi Senda motorcycle and a Piaggio NRG motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2006 in Swale at 21:58 on Wednesday 23 July 2008. A 16-year-old male passenger on the Piaggio NRG motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2008
- Wednesday, 21:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Derbi Senda and Piaggio NRG
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34737, longitude 0.72422, in the ME10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sittingbourne.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008460160085
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2006
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 2018.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 16 January 2018
3 m awayRef 2018460261261
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 31 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200246SW66300
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 1 August 2020
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Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 23 October 2002
42 m awayRef 200246SW65737
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 2 April 1997
45 m awayRef 199746SW07740
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 31 January 2002
45 m awayRef 200246SW53323
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Derbi Senda
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Piaggio NRG
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio NRG)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2008460160085 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 2008.