Unclassified road crash in Medway ME3 on 21 January 2022 at 07:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Medway at 07:50 on Friday 21 January 2022. A 12-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2022
- Friday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43029, longitude 0.49984, in the ME3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cliffe Woods. It is one of the crashes that make up the Strood Rural, Medway, ME3 8JB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022461138279
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
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, 25 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 August 2007.
Serious
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 9 August 2007
25 m awayRef 2007460045120
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 19 October 2004
30 m awayRef 2004460101176
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 9 June 2013
47 m awayRef 2013460228839
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 8 January 1994
96 m awayRef 1994460322507
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 15 January 1994
158 m awayRef 1994460322566
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 1 September 1998
168 m awayRef 199846ME15221
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022461138279 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Medway road accident statistics for 2022.