A2 crash in Medway on 4 October 2017 at 16:30 involving a Qingqi QM 125 GY motorcycle
A Qingqi QM 125 GY motorcycle and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the A2 in Medway at 16:30 on Wednesday 4 October 2017. The 17-year-old male rider of the Qingqi QM 125 GY motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2017
- Wednesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Qingqi QM 125 GY and Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36828, longitude 0.5835, in the ME8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gillingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Twydall, Medway, ME8 6EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017460229219
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2021.
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Hyundai i10 crash on the A2 in Medway, 20 December 2018
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Volkswagen Polo crash on the A2 in Medway, 15 January 1998
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Qingqi QM 125 GY
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Qingqi QM 125 GY)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017460229219 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 2017.