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M20 crash in Maidstone on 15 December 2018 at 13:30 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 and a Ford Ka+ were involved in a crash on the M20 in Maidstone at 13:30 on Saturday 15 December 2018. A 1-year-old male passenger in the Fiat 500 and the female driver of the Ford Ka+ were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2018
Saturday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat 500 and Ford Ka+
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2257, longitude 0.69497, in the ME17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs, Maidstone, ME17 2ND area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018460354043
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Ka+

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Ka+)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2018460354043 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.