Unclassified road crash in Swale ME12 on 2 May 2018 at 06:34 involving a Jeep Renegade
A Jeep Renegade, a Peugeot 307 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 06:34 on Wednesday 2 May 2018. The 52-year-old male driver of the Jeep Renegade, the 33-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 and a 38-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van were 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
- 2 May 2018
- Wednesday, 06:34
- Vehicles
- 3
- Jeep Renegade and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42303, longitude 0.77655, in the ME12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halfway Houses. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queenborough and Halfway, Swale, ME12 3AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460293278
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 April 2021.
Serious
Vauxhall Grandland crash on the A250 in Swale, 18 April 2021
5 m awayRef 2021461038336
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A250 in Swale, 27 August 2008
6 m awayRef 2008460161363
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A250 in Swale, 2 August 2004
6 m awayRef 200446SW97237
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A250 in Swale, 22 May 2010
24 m awayRef 2010460186665
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A250 in Swale, 6 April 2005
32 m awayRef 2005460108600
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A249 in Swale, 21 January 1981
37 m awayRef 1981466400461
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Jeep Renegade
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jeep Renegade)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018460293278 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 2018.