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Fatal A226 crash in Dartford on 21 January 1991 at 21:40 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A car and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A226 in Dartford at 21:40 on Monday 21 January 1991. The 23-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was killed and the 38-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Jan 1991
Monday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Kawasaki
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44554, longitude 0.25925, in the DA9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dartford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146CB91801
Council area
Dartford
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
226
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 23, 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 199146CB91801 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dartford road accident statistics for 1991.