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Fatal A226 crash in Gravesham on 9 July 1985 at 13:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 13:45 on Tuesday 9 July 1985. A 34-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 46-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were killed, two other people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Jul 1985
Tuesday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
6
2 killed, 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41802, longitude 0.43912, in the DA12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985463104945
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1985463104945 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 1985.