Serious B2004 crash in Medway on 26 December 2024 at 14:15 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 and a KTM Exc motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B2004 in Medway at 14:15 on Thursday 26 December 2024. The 34-year-old male rider of the KTM Exc motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Dec 2024
- Thursday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A1 and KTM Exc
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37808, longitude 0.60579, in the ME8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Medway
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024461538878
- Council area
- Medway
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2004
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 1993.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2004 in Medway, 5 June 1993
5 m awayRef 1993460419429
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B2004 in Medway, 3 April 2013
10 m awayRef 2013460225950
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B2004 in Medway, 30 December 2019
17 m awayRef 2019460916626
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 27 July 2001
24 m awayRef 2001464605101
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B2004 in Medway, 21 December 1993
60 m awayRef 1993460422235
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2004 in Medway, 11 September 1982
61 m awayRef 1982462206382
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: KTM Exc
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 350 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (KTM Exc)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2024461538878 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.