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C road crash in Maidstone ME14 on 8 October 2010 at 16:40 involving a Peugeot 207

A bicycle and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on a C road in Maidstone at 16:40 on Friday 8 October 2010. The 10-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 2010
Friday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Peugeot 207
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27639, longitude 0.57002, in the ME14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bearsted. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boxley Downs, Maidstone, ME14 4PL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010460192078
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Daylight
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
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2010460192078 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 2010.