Unclassified road crash in Maidstone ME17 on 29 June 2021 at 06:37 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone at 06:37 on Tuesday 29 June 2021. The male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jun 2021
- Tuesday, 06:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21525, longitude 0.53039, in the ME17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Maidstone
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021461146817
- Council area
- Maidstone
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2016.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 24 March 2016
34 m awayRef 2016460054936
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 18 September 1995
125 m awayRef 199546MA19645
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 24 June 1986
171 m awayRef 1986461106686
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 17 February 2015
289 m awayRef 2015460253296
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 7 January 2017
319 m awayRef 2017460150284
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone, 25 July 1983
349 m awayRef 1983461105963
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021461146817 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.