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Fatal A227 crash in Gravesham on 11 December 1991 at 16:20 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A227 in Gravesham at 16:20 on Wednesday 11 December 1991. The 80-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Dec 1991
Wednesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43356, longitude 0.36528, in the DA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gravesend.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146CA17581
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
261

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 19 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 80, 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 199146CA17581 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.