A20 crash in Maidstone on 20 February 2018 at 19:36 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A20 in Maidstone at 19:36 on Tuesday 20 February 2018. The 50-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 32-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Feb 2018
- Tuesday, 19:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26748, longitude 0.59106, in the ME14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boxley Downs, Maidstone, ME14 4NT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460273467
- 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
- 20
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 1995.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A20 in Maidstone, 3 June 1995
6 m awayRef 199546MA18638
Slight
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A20 in Maidstone, 11 December 1993
6 m awayRef 1993461313041
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A20 in Maidstone, 26 June 2015
6 m awayRef 2015460258758
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A20 in Maidstone, 9 October 1991
6 m awayRef 199146AA50581
Fatal
Reliant Robin crash on the A20 in Maidstone, 12 May 2002
6 m awayRef 200246MA57999
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A20 in Maidstone, 25 October 2005
6 m awayRef 2005460117213
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018460273467 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 2018.