A2 crash in Swale on 12 December 1995 at 18:40 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A2 in Swale at 18:40 on Tuesday 12 December 1995. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 1995
- Tuesday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30756, longitude 0.89387, in the ME13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Faversham.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199546SW00945
- Council area
- Swale
- Police force
- Kent
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 August 2004.
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A2 in Swale, 25 August 2004
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Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A2 in Swale, 21 February 1992
10 m awayRef 1992460512413
Serious
Van crash on the A2 in Swale, 9 June 1995
10 m awayRef 199546SW30233
Slight
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Renault crash on the A2 in Swale, 4 January 1993
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
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 199546SW00945 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 1995.