Serious B2045 crash in Swale on 24 January 2017 at 09:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
An agricultural vehicle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B2045 in Swale at 09:40 on Tuesday 24 January 2017. The 41-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Jan 2017
- Tuesday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Agricultural vehicle and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32506, longitude 0.87582, in the ME13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Faversham.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017460152357
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2045
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 October 2014.
Serious
MAN crash on the B2045 in Swale, 16 October 2014
7 m awayRef 2014460248482
Slight
Volvo 940 crash on the B2045 in Swale, 21 September 2007
127 m awayRef 2007460147406
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 23 July 1981
178 m awayRef 1981466206221
Slight
Land Rover 88 crash on the B2045 in Swale, 30 September 2003
199 m awayRef 200346SW83570
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 14 August 1985
233 m awayRef 1985465207225
Slight
New Holland crash on the B2045 in Swale, 3 October 2024
236 m awayRef 2024461499266
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- 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
- 63 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2017460152357 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 2017.