A2 crash in Swale on 1 September 2000 at 16:50 involving a Peugeot 309
A Peugeot 309, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Volvo V40 were involved in a crash on the A2 in Swale at 16:50 on Friday 1 September 2000. An 84-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa, the 30-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Volvo V40 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Sep 2000
- Friday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 309 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29899, longitude 0.93584, in the ME13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200046SW28595
- Council area
- Swale
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 2001.
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the A2 in Swale, 8 February 2001
14 m awayRef 200146SW36385
Slight
Opel crash on the A2 in Swale, 21 September 2000
22 m awayRef 200046SW29182
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A2 in Swale, 3 December 2018
25 m awayRef 2018460352638
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A2 in Swale, 11 June 1991
32 m awayRef 199146BH43161
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2 in Swale, 22 May 2025
34 m awayRef 2025461593817
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A2 in Swale, 23 June 2019
37 m awayRef 2019460858148
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo V40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,948 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo V40)
- 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 200046SW28595 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 2000.