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Serious A2 crash in Dartford on 30 March 2010 at 06:24 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra, a car and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dartford at 06:24 on Tuesday 30 March 2010. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 42-year-old male passenger in the car were seriously injured and the 45-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Mar 2010
Tuesday, 06:24
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Vectra and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42734, longitude 0.25378, in the DA2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darenth, Dartford, DA2 7LE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dartford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010460185122
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
Slip road
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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2010460185122 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 2010.