A226 crash in Gravesham on 30 July 2007 at 15:19 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a car and a Volkswagen Transporter lorry were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 15:19 on Monday 30 July 2007. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2007
- Monday, 15:19
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44296, longitude 0.37371, in the DA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gravesend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pelham, Gravesham, DA12 1BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007460144593
- 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
- 226
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2006.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 4 December 2006
At the same spotRef 2006460134659
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 16 September 1996
14 m awayRef 199646NK04409
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 17 October 1994
14 m awayRef 1994460226638
Slight
Car crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 15 November 1995
14 m awayRef 199546NK32536
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 12 March 1998
20 m awayRef 199846NK15669
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 8 November 2001
22 m awayRef 200146NK49496
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Transporter
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2007460144593 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 2007.