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A227 crash in Gravesham on 20 October 1990 at 14:00 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A227 in Gravesham at 14:00 on Saturday 20 October 1990. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina and the 19-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Oct 1990
Saturday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Kawasaki
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3828, longitude 0.3582, in the DA13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Meopham.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046CF83500
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
227
Road type
Single carriageway
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
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

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 199046CF83500 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.