B2079 crash in Maidstone on 31 October 2011 at 17:05 involving an MG MGF
An MG MGF and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the B2079 in Maidstone at 17:05 on Monday 31 October 2011. A 35-year-old male pedestrian hit by the MG MGF was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2011
- Monday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG MGF and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19189, longitude 0.51393, in the TN12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011460206569
- Council area
- Maidstone
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2079
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2008.
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B2079 in Maidstone, 7 October 2008
10 m awayRef 2008460163141
Slight
Yamaha YZF crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 30 September 2023
10 m awayRef 2023461361546
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B2079 in Maidstone, 30 September 2005
14 m awayRef 2005460116058
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B2079 in Maidstone, 21 August 1993
20 m awayRef 1993461311789
Slight
Car crash on the B2079 in Maidstone, 22 August 1987
57 m awayRef 1987461109117
Slight
Car crash on the B2079 in Maidstone, 13 September 1986
57 m awayRef 1986461110416
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG MGF
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (MG MGF)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2011460206569 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 2011.