Unclassified road crash in Medway ME8 on 5 February 2016 at 19:05 involving a Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Medway at 19:05 on Friday 5 February 2016. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2016
- Friday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Kuga and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3661, longitude 0.61248, in the ME8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rainham South West, Medway, ME8 7JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460045853
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 November 1991.
Serious
Honda MTX125RW crash on the B2004 in Medway, 6 November 1991
4 m awayRef 199146BB53941
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B2004 in Medway, 12 November 2010
4 m awayRef 2010460093365
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B2004 in Medway, 16 November 1993
10 m awayRef 1993460421703
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 3 October 2010
10 m awayRef 2010460091597
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B2004 in Medway, 25 June 2015
10 m awayRef 2015460258368
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B2004 in Medway, 2 March 2001
20 m awayRef 2001464640142
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016460045853 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 2016.