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A278 crash in Medway on 4 November 2025 at 13:35 involving a Nissan Qashqai

A Nissan Qashqai and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A278 in Medway at 13:35 on Tuesday 4 November 2025. The 36-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 2025
Tuesday, 13:35
Vehicles
2
Nissan Qashqai and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35943, longitude 0.57907, in the ME8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hempstead & Wigmore, Medway, ME7 3SA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Medway

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025461669479
Council area
Medway
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
278
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
A
Second road number
278

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025461669479 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 2025.