B2015 crash in Maidstone on 5 February 2025 at 17:10 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Combo were involved in a crash on the B2015 in Maidstone at 17:10 on Wednesday 5 February 2025. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Wednesday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125 and Vauxhall Combo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2277, longitude 0.4017, in the ME18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury, Tonbridge and Malling, TN12 5HZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025461551912
- Council area
- Maidstone
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2015
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2162
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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 slight injury crash on 8 July 2011.
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the B2015 in Maidstone, 8 July 2011
3 m awayRef 2011460202271
Serious
Seat Marbella crash on the B2015 in Maidstone, 6 December 1994
7 m awayRef 1994461316892
Serious
Lorry crash on the B2015 in Maidstone, 8 June 1994
11 m awayRef 1994461315763
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B2015 in Maidstone, 11 November 2008
17 m awayRef 2008460164949
Serious
Datsun Cherry crash on the B2015 in Maidstone, 3 February 1994
19 m awayRef 1994461313638
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B2015 in Maidstone, 24 November 2011
28 m awayRef 2011460207513
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2025461551912 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maidstone road accident statistics for 2025.