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Serious unclassified road crash in Swale ME10 on 3 March 2020 at 15:45 involving a Citroen C4

A car and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 15:45 on Tuesday 3 March 2020. A 9-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C4 was seriously injured and the 29-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4 and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Mar 2020
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen C4
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35524, longitude 0.73858, in the ME10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sittingbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milton Regis, Swale, ME10 2EE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020460945935
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2020460945935 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 2020.