A289 crash in Medway on 19 December 2016 at 16:20 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon and a goods vehicle were involved in a crash on the A289 in Medway at 16:20 on Monday 19 December 2016. The 26-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2016
- Monday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Leon and goods vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40844, longitude 0.48072, in the ME3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Higham & Shorne, Gravesham, ME3 7NU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460142183
- 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
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 204 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 8 September 2002
204 m awayRef 2002466380202
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 3 November 1995
247 m awayRef 199546ME32378
Serious
Car crash on the A289 in Medway, 12 January 1982
250 m awayRef 1982462100242
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 12 February 2018
264 m awayRef 2018460273407
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A289 in Medway, 7 July 1981
296 m awayRef 1981462104651
Serious
Car crash on the A289 in Medway, 24 October 1985
296 m awayRef 1985462109605
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2016460142183 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.