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Serious B2160 crash in Maidstone on 20 February 2016 at 14:00 involving a DAF Trucks bus

A DAF Trucks bus crashed on the B2160 in Maidstone at 14:00 on Saturday 20 February 2016. A female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Feb 2016
Saturday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1991, longitude 0.3946, in the TN12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury, Tonbridge and Malling, TN12 6QQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460047454
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2160
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
228

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2016460047454 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 2016.