A2 crash in Gravesham on 27 December 1991 at 12:59 involving an Austin Montego
An Austin Montego and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A2 in Gravesham at 12:59 on Friday 27 December 1991. The 20-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 1991
- Friday, 12:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Montego and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40475, longitude 0.39758, in the DA12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199146CA19461
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 April 2024.
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Toyota Starlet crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 5 October 2008
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Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 23 March 2006
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Vauxhall Astramax crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 4 February 1997
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Peugeot 206 crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 20 April 2014
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Serious
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 21 May 1992
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 199146CA19461 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.