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A229 crash in Maidstone on 7 January 2012 at 10:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A229 in Maidstone at 10:45 on Saturday 7 January 2012. A 36-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jan 2012
Saturday, 10:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Audi A3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29641, longitude 0.51332, in the ME14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boxley Downs, Maidstone, ME14 3AT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012460209262
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
229
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
20

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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 2012460209262 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 2012.