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Serious B260 crash in Dartford on 7 December 1992 at 14:33 involving a Fiat Panda

A Fiat Panda and a Bedford bus were involved in a crash on the B260 in Dartford at 14:33 on Monday 7 December 1992. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Panda and the 28-year-old female driver of the Fiat Panda were seriously injured and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Bedford bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Dec 1992
Monday, 14:33
Vehicles
2
Fiat Panda and Bedford
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4214, longitude 0.25188, in the DA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Darenth.

Map of where the crash happened in Dartford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992460116677
Council area
Dartford
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
260
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

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 1992460116677 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 1992.