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A282 crash in Dartford on 5 June 1990 at 17:20 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A282 in Dartford at 17:20 on Tuesday 5 June 1990. The 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jun 1990
Tuesday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43012, longitude 0.23835, in the DA1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dartford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046CB71900
Council area
Dartford
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
282
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
282

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, 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 23 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    14,620 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 199046CB71900 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 1990.