Serious B2108 crash in Medway on 30 May 2024 at 22:21 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B2108 in Medway at 22:21 on Thursday 30 May 2024. A 28-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 May 2024
- Thursday, 22:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41379, longitude 0.51606, in the ME3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rochester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Strood Rural, Medway, ME3 8FE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024461450093
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2108
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 289
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 2000.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A289 in Medway, 24 July 2000
15 m awayRef 200046ME00297
Slight
Rover Cityrover crash on the A289 in Medway, 31 August 2012
17 m awayRef 2012460217772
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B2108 in Medway, 14 July 2003
20 m awayRef 2003467934803
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A228 in Medway, 20 March 2002
24 m awayRef 2002465642802
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B2108 in Medway, 23 October 2009
24 m awayRef 2009460078553
Serious
Renault 11 crash on the A228 in Medway, 24 January 1996
24 m awayRef 199646ME00936
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2024461450093 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 2024.