A229 crash in Maidstone on 18 June 2013 at 17:40 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A229 in Maidstone at 17:40 on Tuesday 18 June 2013. The 50-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jun 2013
- Tuesday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26626, longitude 0.52702, 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
- 2013460228757
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2014.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 21 September 2014
At the same spotRef 2014460247040
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Lexus IS 220 crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 8 June 2021
3 m awayRef 2021461054741
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 19 March 2025
7 m awayRef 2025461566917
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 16 March 2008
10 m awayRef 2008460156975
Slight
Leyland crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 24 June 2003
10 m awayRef 200346MA78941
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 15 April 2011
10 m awayRef 2011460199141
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
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 2013460228757 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.