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Dartford road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 439 road traffic collisions in Dartford in 1979, and 586 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 131 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 18,857 collisions in Dartford.

Collisions in 1979
439
Casualties in 1979
586
Fatal collisions
9
2.1% of collisions
Serious collisions
131
30% of collisions

Crash severity in Dartford in 1979

2.1% of collisions in Dartford in 1979 were fatal and 30% serious, against 1.3% and 16% in Dartford from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal92.1%
  • Serious13130%
  • Slight29968%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal101.7%
  • Serious15927%
  • Slight41771%

Dartford road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dartford, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 512 in 2000. 1979 is highlighted, with 439.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025292398
2024334419
2023350483
2022299393
2021311419
2020268374
2019322446
2018376559
2017404590
2016426621
2015415568
2014454659
2013402586
2012397579
2011406590
2010443642
2009417588
2008412560
2007427578
2006443630
2005454650
2004487683
2003448611
2002492665
2001496673
2000512714
1999496717
1998422568
1997419559
1996420565
1995369500
1994422562
1993357478
1992380524
1991412597
1990445597
1989354482
1988338470
1987352482
1986331432
1985376498
1984373506
1983415548
1982445567
1981386519
1980419544
1979439586

When and where crashes happen in Dartford in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday52 (12%)
  • Tuesday59 (13%)
  • Wednesday63 (14%)
  • Thursday59 (13%)
  • Friday81 (18%)
  • Saturday53 (12%)
  • Sunday72 (16%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5920 (4.6%)
  • 03:00 to 05:596 (1.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5976 (17%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5959 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5948 (11%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59104 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5959 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5967 (15%)

Collisions by month

  • January43 (9.8%)
  • February21 (4.8%)
  • March29 (6.6%)
  • April27 (6.2%)
  • May39 (8.9%)
  • June30 (6.8%)
  • July28 (6.4%)
  • August36 (8.2%)
  • September39 (8.9%)
  • October56 (13%)
  • November42 (9.6%)
  • December49 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight295 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit100 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting41 (9.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds318 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds78 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (2.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Other8 (1.8%)

Road surface

  • Dry266 (61%)
  • Wet or damp145 (33%)
  • Frost or ice22 (5%)
  • Snow6 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph232 (53%)
  • 40 mph81 (18%)
  • 50 mph7 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph50 (11%)
  • 70 mph69 (16%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway336 (77%)
  • Dual carriageway67 (15%)
  • Roundabout24 (5.5%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (2.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Dartford in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant277 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist146 (25%)
  • Pedestrian91 (16%)
  • Cyclist38 (6.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 511 (1.9%)
  • 6 to 1021 (3.6%)
  • 11 to 1545 (7.7%)
  • 16 to 20171 (29%)
  • 21 to 2583 (14%)
  • 26 to 3589 (15%)
  • 36 to 4559 (10%)
  • 46 to 5554 (9.2%)
  • 56 to 6532 (5.5%)
  • 66 to 7516 (2.7%)
  • Over 755 (0.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider360 (61%)
  • Passenger135 (23%)
  • Pedestrian91 (16%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car504 (63%)
  • Motorcycle140 (17%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes50 (6.2%)
  • Pedal cycle39 (4.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes37 (4.6%)
  • Other vehicle21 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach10 (1.2%)
  • Minibus1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Dartford in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Dartford

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

How Dartford ranked among 349 areas in 1979

Of the 349 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Dartford had fewer road collisions than 226 of them in 1979.

Collisions
227th
of 349 areas, highest first
Casualties
228th
of 349 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
261st
of 349 areas, highest first
Serious collisions
219th
of 349 areas, highest first

Roads in Dartford with the most crashes in 1979

The A226 had the most collisions in Dartford in 1979: 54, including 17 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Dartford, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2265471017
2ndA25170416
3rdA2254373113
4thA282273624
5thB260233018
6thA2018172305
7thB2174172409
8thA296161906
9thA206141603
10thB22007901
11thB2553401
12thM253300
13thB2582200
14thA2071100
15thA2621200
16thB2591101
17thB2621100

Towns in Dartford: crashes in 1979

Dartford itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1979: 204.

Postcode districts in Dartford: crashes in 1979

DA1 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Dartford in 1979: 193.

Latest crashes in Dartford in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Dartford in 1979, none were fatal and 8 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

Dartford road accidents in other years