A2260 crash in Gravesham on 8 December 2005 at 06:00 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A2260 in Gravesham at 06:00 on Thursday 8 December 2005. The 45-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2005
- Thursday, 06:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44041, longitude 0.35285, in the DA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coldharbour & Perry Street, Gravesham, DA11 8DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005460119440
- 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
- 2260
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2025.
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Audi Q3 crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 14 June 2025
36 m awayRef 2025461604902
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Ford Sapphire crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 31 May 2000
54 m awayRef 200046NK24933
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Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 17 April 2002
71 m awayRef 200246NK58463
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Citroen 2CV crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 13 September 1997
85 m awayRef 199746NK10203
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Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 19 August 1993
95 m awayRef 1993460220599
Slight
Car crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 22 July 1988
102 m awayRef 198846CA14028
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 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 2005460119440 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.