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Serious B2174 crash in Dartford on 10 June 1988 at 11:18 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B2174 in Dartford at 11:18 on Friday 10 June 1988. A 67-year-old female passenger in the van was seriously injured and the 45-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jun 1988
Friday, 11:18
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44446, longitude 0.193, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dartford.

Map of where the crash happened in Dartford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198846CB10698
Council area
Dartford
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2174
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198846CB10698 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.