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Serious M26 crash in Sevenoaks on 5 June 1992 at 19:02 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Vauxhall Senator and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the M26 in Sevenoaks at 19:02 on Friday 5 June 1992. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jun 1992
Friday, 19:02
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30416, longitude 0.19362, in the TN14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992461207324
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
26
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 May 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Senator

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 1992461207324 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 1992.