A2 crash in Dartford on 8 December 2009 at 07:57 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dartford at 07:57 on Tuesday 8 December 2009. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2009
- Tuesday, 07:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42627, longitude 0.33112, in the DA11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Painters Ash, Gravesham, DA11 8EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dartford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009460180641
- 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
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2020.
Slight
Alfa Romeo Mito crash on the A2 in Dartford, 13 June 2020
5 m awayRef 2020460958384
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A2 in Dartford, 15 October 2016
7 m awayRef 2016460119191
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2 in Dartford, 18 June 2014
14 m awayRef 2014460243451
Slight
Scania crash on the A2 in Dartford, 16 July 2007
14 m awayRef 2007460144376
Serious
Toyota Prius+ crash on the A2 in Dartford, 4 December 2019
16 m awayRef 2019460910028
Slight
Scania crash on the A2 in Dartford, 27 July 2006
20 m awayRef 2006460130103
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2009460180641 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 2009.