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A226 crash in Gravesham on 26 January 1989 at 20:20 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 20:20 on Thursday 26 January 1989. All four casualties were slightly injured. Two of them were pedestrians.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1989
Thursday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44279, longitude 0.37137, in the DA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gravesend.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198946CA30709
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
226
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    2,446 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, hit by 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 198946CA30709 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 1989.