A225 crash in Dartford on 2 May 2008 at 09:00 involving a Nissan Micra
Four vehicles, including a car and a Nissan Micra, were involved in a crash on the A225 in Dartford at 09:00 on Friday 2 May 2008. The 47-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2008
- Friday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Nissan Micra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41105, longitude 0.23572, in the DA4 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Darenth and Sutton at Hone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley, Dartford, DA4 9HR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dartford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008460156650
- Council area
- Dartford
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 225
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A225 in Dartford, 10 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200246NK54229
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A225 in Dartford, 22 November 2004
At the same spotRef 200446NK02665
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A225 in Dartford, 5 January 2000
At the same spotRef 200046NK12011
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A225 in Dartford, 8 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199646NK03424
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A225 in Dartford, 8 March 1991
At the same spotRef 199146CB95631
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A225 in Dartford, 12 November 1995
10 m awayRef 199546NK32602
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2008460156650 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dartford road accident statistics for 2008.