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A226 crash in Gravesham on 7 August 1990 at 06:45 involving an Opel Kadett

An Opel Kadett and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 06:45 on Tuesday 7 August 1990. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Aug 1990
Tuesday, 06:45
Vehicles
2
Opel Kadett and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41131, longitude 0.4589, in the ME3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Higham.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046CA77460
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
226
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

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

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel Kadett

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199046CA77460 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 1990.