A228 crash in Medway on 15 March 2012 at 07:45 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo, a Ford Fiesta and a Renault Modus were involved in a crash on the A228 in Medway at 07:45 on Thursday 15 March 2012. The 20-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo and the 44-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Mar 2012
- Thursday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Saxo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44314, longitude 0.57779, in the ME3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow, Medway, ME3 8QX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012460211595
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 228
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 10 July 2016
44 m awayRef 2016460092270
Serious
Car crash on the A228 in Medway, 14 June 1980
67 m awayRef 1980462104520
Serious
Van crash on the A228 in Medway, 20 August 1988
67 m awayRef 198846BE06838
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 10 June 2016
70 m awayRef 2016460076427
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A228 in Medway, 14 April 2004
71 m awayRef 2004460093430
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A228 in Medway, 1 November 1994
72 m awayRef 1994460327001
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Modus
Car
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2012460211595 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 2012.