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A2 crash in Gravesham on 30 August 2000 at 20:00 involving a Honda Prelude

A Honda Prelude and a Daewoo Lanos were involved in a crash on the A2 in Gravesham at 20:00 on Wednesday 30 August 2000. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Daewoo Lanos and the 69-year-old male driver of the Daewoo Lanos were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Aug 2000
Wednesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Honda Prelude and Daewoo Lanos
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41887, longitude 0.35506, in the DA11 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
200046NK28236
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Lanos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,349 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Lanos)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Lanos)

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 200046NK28236 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 2000.