A226 crash in Gravesham on 11 January 1991 at 21:45 involving a Vauxhall Nova
A Vauxhall Nova and a Mercedes 190 were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 21:45 on Friday 11 January 1991. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 1991
- Friday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Nova and Mercedes 190
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44225, longitude 0.35349, in the DA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northfleet.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199146CA91241
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 226
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 28 December 2002.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 28 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200246NK70853
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 21 August 1999
At the same spotRef 199946NK05939
Slight
Leyland Cars Maxi crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 25 December 1991
At the same spotRef 199146CA19091
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 16 May 2007
At the same spotRef 2007460141505
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 26 August 2008
At the same spotRef 2008460161256
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B2175 in Gravesham, 18 October 2023
3 m awayRef 2023461366268
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes 190
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)
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 199146CA91241 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.