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A226 crash in Gravesham on 23 July 1991 at 16:00 involving an MCW bus

An MCW bus and a Renault 9 were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 16:00 on Tuesday 23 July 1991. A 34-year-old female passenger in the MCW bus, a 29-year-old female passenger in the MCW bus and the 31-year-old female driver of the Renault 9 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jul 1991
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
MCW and Renault 9
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43235, longitude 0.39399, 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
199146CA05871
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
226
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
226

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 23 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 9

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 9)

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 199146CA05871 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 1991.