B2163 crash in Maidstone on 16 November 2019 at 19:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the B2163 in Maidstone at 19:20 on Saturday 16 November 2019. The 20-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2019
- Saturday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23271, longitude 0.49448, in the ME17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coxheath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coxheath & Farleigh, Maidstone, ME17 4EF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019460901597
- Council area
- Maidstone
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2163
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 17 February 2024.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B2163 in Maidstone, 17 February 2024
1 m awayRef 2024461411771
Slight
Renault Twingo crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 17 September 2017
1 m awayRef 2017460224295
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B2163 in Maidstone, 23 May 2016
3 m awayRef 2016460070454
Serious
Citroen C5 crash on the B2163 in Maidstone, 24 August 2016
5 m awayRef 2016460114652
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B2163 in Maidstone, 12 August 2002
6 m awayRef 200246MA62741
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2163 in Maidstone, 14 July 1995
6 m awayRef 199546MA19076
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019460901597 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.