A274 crash in Maidstone on 7 January 2013 at 15:59 involving a Mazda 2
A motorcycle and a Mazda 2 were involved in a crash on the A274 in Maidstone at 15:59 on Monday 7 January 2013. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jan 2013
- Monday, 15:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Mazda 2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24758, longitude 0.54649, in the ME15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shepway, Maidstone, ME15 7PX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013460223115
- 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
- 274
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2012.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 3 October 2012
At the same spotRef 2012460219089
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 18 December 2007
At the same spotRef 2007460151402
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 16 March 2020
6 m awayRef 2020460943613
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 24 November 2013
10 m awayRef 2013460234983
Serious
Suzuki SV 1000 crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 18 May 2003
10 m awayRef 200346MA76932
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 18 August 1994
10 m awayRef 1994461315631
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,349 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2013460223115 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 2013.