A2 crash in Gravesham on 26 September 2005 at 08:59 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A2 in Gravesham at 08:59 on Monday 26 September 2005. The 36-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series was 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
- 26 Sep 2005
- Monday, 08:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41659, longitude 0.36098, in the DA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gravesend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Painters Ash, Gravesham, DA11 8AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005460115842
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 23 April 2009
At the same spotRef 2009460171768
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 12 August 2007
At the same spotRef 2007460145224
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 22 January 1997
At the same spotRef 199746NK06578
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 4 August 1991
At the same spotRef 199146CA06741
Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 27 November 2003
10 m awayRef 200346NK85898
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 11 April 2007
10 m awayRef 2007460140027
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2005460115842 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 2005.