A2 crash in Swale on 21 December 1986 at 14:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A2 in Swale at 14:05 on Sunday 21 December 1986. The 30-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1986; Sunday, 14:05
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986465211826
Council area: Swale
Police force: Kent

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 2
Road type: Single 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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to turn right
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
30 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1986465211826 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 1986.