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Unclassified road crash in Swale ME10 on 21 December 2018 at 02:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf, a Nissan Qashqai and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 02:15 on Friday 21 December 2018. The 29-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2018
Friday, 02:15
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34432, longitude 0.72889, in the ME10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sittingbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chalkwell, Swale, ME10 4PL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018460817277
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
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018460817277 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.