Serious C road crash in Gravesham DA11 on 8 February 2008 at 18:26
Two vehicles were involved in a crash on a C road in Gravesham at 18:26 on Friday 8 February 2008. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Feb 2008
- Friday, 18:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43584, longitude 0.34284, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008460152990
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2013.
Slight
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Slight
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Slight
Volvo crash on a C road in Gravesham, 29 October 2008
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Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 12 November 2025
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Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 13 November 2002
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Slight
Ford Orion crash on a C road in Gravesham, 14 October 1994
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)
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 2008460152990 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 2008.