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A229 crash in Maidstone on 25 August 2012 at 08:00 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane, a Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A229 in Maidstone at 08:00 on Saturday 25 August 2012. The 54-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane, the 25-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Aug 2012
Saturday, 08:00
Vehicles
3
Renault Megane and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26716, longitude 0.52678, in the ME15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Street, Maidstone, ME15 7UA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012460217541
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
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)

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 2012460217541 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.