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A226 crash in Gravesham on 14 June 1979 at 15:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 15:40 on Thursday 14 June 1979. The 41-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 14-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jun 1979
Thursday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4084, longitude 0.46881, in the ME3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979463103989
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
226
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979463103989 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gravesham road accident statistics for 1979.