A289 crash in Medway on 1 July 2014 at 18:52 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Nissan 350 were involved in a crash on the A289 in Medway at 18:52 on Tuesday 1 July 2014. The 48-year-old female driver of the Nissan 350 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 2014
- Tuesday, 18:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Nissan 350
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39656, longitude 0.54872, in the ME7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gillingham North, Medway, ME7 1RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014460243686
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 289
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2023.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A289 in Medway, 15 September 2023
8 m awayRef 2023461363190
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the A289 in Medway, 30 August 2015
8 m awayRef 2015460260787
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A289 in Medway, 2 June 2013
10 m awayRef 2013460229671
Serious
DAF Trucks FA 55LF crash on the A289 in Medway, 6 July 2006
10 m awayRef 2006460028244
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A289 in Medway, 2 June 2005
10 m awayRef 2005460010936
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A289 in Medway, 26 September 2010
10 m awayRef 2010460091409
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,705 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan 350
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan 350)
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 2014460243686 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 2014.