A274 crash in Maidstone on 6 December 2016 at 21:30 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3 and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the A274 in Maidstone at 21:30 on Tuesday 6 December 2016. The 45-year-old male driver of the Audi A6 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2016
- Tuesday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 3 and Audi A6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16909, longitude 0.62004, in the TN27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Headcorn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Headcorn & Sutton Valence, Maidstone, TN27 9SB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460148886
- Council area
- Maidstone
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 274
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- 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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2016.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 24 March 2016
2 m awayRef 2016460055737
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 18 February 2016
2 m awayRef 2016460047754
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 11 September 2019
3 m awayRef 2019460878409
Slight
Renault Espace crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 28 September 1999
6 m awayRef 199946MA06709
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 8 December 2014
6 m awayRef 2014460250610
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A274 in Maidstone, 11 December 2013
6 m awayRef 2013460235709
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016460148886 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.