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A289 crash in Gravesham on 8 September 2009 at 13:54 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a Volkswagen Transporter were involved in a crash on the A289 in Gravesham at 13:54 on Tuesday 8 September 2009. A 25-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Transporter and a 34-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Transporter were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2009
Tuesday, 13:54
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and Volkswagen Transporter
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41051, longitude 0.4727, in the ME3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Higham & Shorne, Gravesham, ME3 7NU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009460176566
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
289
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
226

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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    2,460 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Transporter)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Transporter)

    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 2009460176566 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 2009.