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A226 crash in Gravesham on 12 December 2000 at 08:05 involving a Volvo bus

A bus or coach and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 08:05 on Tuesday 12 December 2000. A 14-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2000
Tuesday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43239, longitude 0.39345, 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
200046NK33929
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
226
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
261

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Back

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 200046NK33929 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.