Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious A249 crash in Swale on 27 September 1985 at 07:15 involving a lorry

Four lorries, three vans and a car were involved in a crash on the A249 in Swale at 07:15 on Friday 27 September 1985. There were ten casualties: five people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Sep 1985
Friday, 07:15
Vehicles
8
Lorry and 7 others
Casualties
10
5 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35024, longitude 0.69979, in the ME9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985462408925
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
249
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 April 1981.

Vehicles involved (8)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 4: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 5: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 6: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 7: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 8: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (10)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 6 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 6 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 6 (Van)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 6 (Van)

  • Casualty 6: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 6 (Van)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, van occupant, in vehicle 6 (Van)

  • Casualty 8: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 8 (Car)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 6 (Van)

  • Casualty 10: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Van)

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 1985462408925 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 1985.