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Serious B2001 crash in Medway on 4 November 2014 at 13:15 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A lorry and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2001 in Medway at 13:15 on Tuesday 4 November 2014. The 29-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Nov 2014
Tuesday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44283, longitude 0.68787, in the ME3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014460248928
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2001
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,470 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

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 2014460248928 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.