A226 crash in Gravesham on 23 July 2010 at 13:40 involving a Ford KA
A car and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 13:40 on Friday 23 July 2010. The 45-year-old female driver of the Ford KA, an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2010
- Friday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4194, longitude 0.43463, in the DA12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Higham & Shorne, Gravesham, DA12 3HL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010460188899
- 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
- 226
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2011.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 18 March 2011
At the same spotRef 2011460198176
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 19 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199746NK07033
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 4 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199546NK32331
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 12 May 2025
4 m awayRef 2025461588864
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 29 April 2017
8 m awayRef 2017460178926
Serious
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 7 January 1991
10 m awayRef 199146CA90891
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- 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 2010460188899 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 2010.