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A2 crash in Dartford on 18 March 1988 at 18:09 involving a car

Six cars were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dartford at 18:09 on Friday 18 March 1988. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 1988
Friday, 18:09
Vehicles
6
Car and 5 others
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43572, longitude 0.17963, in the DA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dartford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198846CB02098
Council area
Dartford
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 6: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Car)

  • Casualty 6: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 6 (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 198846CB02098 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dartford road accident statistics for 1988.