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Serious A282 crash in Dartford on 2 May 1994 at 16:20 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A282 in Dartford at 16:20 on Monday 2 May 1994. The 63-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 May 1994
Monday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46268, longitude 0.25693, in the DA2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dartford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460125784
Council area
Dartford
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
282
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    6,724 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1994460125784 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 1994.