Unclassified road crash in Swale ME12 on 15 June 2018 at 08:35 involving a Kia Sportage
A Kia Sportage and an Audi Q3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 08:35 on Friday 15 June 2018. The 45-year-old female driver of the Audi Q3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2018
- Friday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Sportage and Audi Q3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4086, longitude 0.82319, in the ME12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sheppey Central, Swale, ME12 3AJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460307295
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 2005.
Slight
Peugeot Vivacity crash on the B2231 in Swale, 4 January 2005
16 m awayRef 2005460104808
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the B2231 in Swale, 24 June 1993
16 m awayRef 1993460519616
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2500 in Swale, 22 October 2014
23 m awayRef 2014460248720
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A2500 in Swale, 23 February 2014
37 m awayRef 2014460238823
Slight
Car crash on the B2231 in Swale, 14 July 1979
42 m awayRef 1979466405349
Serious
Nissan Silvia crash on the B2231 in Swale, 25 November 1993
44 m awayRef 1993460521911
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018460307295 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.