A229 crash in Maidstone on 10 March 2021 at 12:20 involving a KTM 125 Duke motorcycle
A KTM 125 Duke motorcycle, a Ford Transit Custom van and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A229 in Maidstone at 12:20 on Wednesday 10 March 2021. The 21-year-old male rider of the KTM 125 Duke motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Mar 2021
- Wednesday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- KTM 125 Duke and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2614, longitude 0.52951, in the ME15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Street, Maidstone, ME15 7UA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021461028065
- 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
- 229
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 17 April 1996.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 17 April 1996
3 m awayRef 199646MA21911
Slight
Audi Q5 crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 24 December 2018
4 m awayRef 2018460354745
Serious
BMW M3 crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 28 June 2021
9 m awayRef 2021461061557
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 28 September 2010
9 m awayRef 2010460191554
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 12 April 2016
9 m awayRef 2016460058354
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A229 in Maidstone, 21 June 2007
11 m awayRef 2007460143086
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: KTM 125 Duke
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (KTM 125 Duke)
- 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 2021461028065 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 2021.