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Unclassified road crash in Swale ME10 on 30 December 2020 at 12:46 involving an Audi A3

An Audi A3 and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 12:46 on Wednesday 30 December 2020. An 8-year-old female passenger in the Audi A3 and the 41-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2020
Wednesday, 12:46
Vehicles
2
Audi A3 and Citroen C3
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33917, longitude 0.73152, 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
2020461016025
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
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)

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

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)

    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 2020461016025 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.