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A226 crash in Gravesham on 27 December 1994 at 14:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Fiat Croma were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 14:30 on Tuesday 27 December 1994. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 47-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Croma and an 11-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Croma were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1994
Tuesday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Fiat Croma
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42902, longitude 0.41151, in the DA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gravesend.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460228016
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
226
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Raining, 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 16 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Croma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Croma)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Croma)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1994460228016 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 1994.