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A226 crash in Gravesham on 19 December 1992 at 20:30 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 20:30 on Saturday 19 December 1992. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1992
Saturday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Beetle and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41937, longitude 0.43459, 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
1992460216852
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
226
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
226

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 1992460216852 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 1992.