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Unclassified road crash in Maidstone ME16 on 29 March 2025 at 10:54 involving a Zontes ZT motorcycle

A Zontes ZT motorcycle and a Ford Tourneo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Maidstone at 10:54 on Saturday 29 March 2025. The 30-year-old male rider of the Zontes ZT motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 2025
Saturday, 10:54
Vehicles
2
Zontes ZT and Ford Tourneo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27675, longitude 0.51556, in the ME16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maidstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Street, Maidstone, ME14 1TF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025461573447
Council area
Maidstone
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Zontes ZT

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Tourneo

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Zontes ZT)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most 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 2025461573447 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.