B2006 crash in Swale on 19 December 2023 at 16:40 involving a Yamaha NXC motorcycle
A Yamaha NXC motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B2006 in Swale at 16:40 on Tuesday 19 December 2023. The male rider of the Yamaha NXC motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2023
- Tuesday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha NXC and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34233, longitude 0.73733, 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
- 2023461392600
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2006
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2001.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2006 in Swale, 10 May 2001
34 m awayRef 200146SW40364
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B2006 in Swale, 14 April 2017
46 m awayRef 2017460176290
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 1 March 2005
46 m awayRef 2005460107258
Serious
Suzuki GSXR crash on the B2006 in Swale, 24 June 2021
48 m awayRef 2021461060818
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2006 in Swale, 31 October 2003
49 m awayRef 200346SW84591
Serious
E-scooter crash on the B2006 in Swale, 19 July 2023
52 m awayRef 2023461343117
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha NXC
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha NXC)
- 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 2023461392600 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 2023.