A251 crash in Swale on 24 December 1986 at 14:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A251 in Swale at 14:15 on Wednesday 24 December 1986. The 60-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 14:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986465212036
Council area: Swale
Police force: Kent

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 251
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: B
Second road number: 2077

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
80 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
60 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 60, 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 1986465212036 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.