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Unclassified road crash in Swale ME12 on 12 December 2024 at 19:45 involving a Smart Fortwo

A Smart Fortwo and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 19:45 on Thursday 12 December 2024. The 21-year-old female driver of the car and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Smart Fortwo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2024
Thursday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Smart Fortwo and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42956, longitude 0.79785, in the ME12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Minster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Minster Cliffs, Swale, ME12 2DZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024461529462
Council area
Swale
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 May 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Fortwo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart Fortwo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

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 2024461529462 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 2024.