Unclassified road crash in Swale ME13 on 7 September 2018 at 12:03 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3, a BMW 2 Series and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 12:03 on Friday 7 September 2018. The 27-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 52-year-old female driver of the BMW 2 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2018
- Friday, 12:03
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30569, longitude 0.90401, in the ME13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Faversham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Watling, Swale, ME13 8JF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460325237
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2017.
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A2 in Swale, 10 February 2017
2 m awayRef 2017460157005
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 19 April 2017
3 m awayRef 2017460176119
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A2 in Swale, 27 April 2011
3 m awayRef 2011460199553
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A2 in Swale, 18 October 2021
5 m awayRef 2021461101240
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2 in Swale, 14 February 2015
7 m awayRef 2015460253151
Slight
Citroen XM crash on the A2 in Swale, 24 August 2004
10 m awayRef 200446SW99494
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 2 Series)
- 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 2018460325237 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.