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A274 crash in Maidstone on 8 March 2019 at 13:27 involving a Volvo XC60

A Volvo XC60 and a Peugeot 3008 were involved in a crash on the A274 in Maidstone at 13:27 on Friday 8 March 2019. The 40-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 3008 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Mar 2019
Friday, 13:27
Vehicles
2
Volvo XC60 and Peugeot 3008
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23633, longitude 0.58426, in the ME17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leeds & Langley, Maidstone, ME17 3JW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019460822981
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
274
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 20 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo XC60

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,969 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 3008

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 3008)

    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 2019460822981 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 2019.