A227 crash in Gravesham on 6 February 2011 at 13:28 involving a Volkswagen Eos
A motorcycle and a Volkswagen Eos were involved in a crash on the A227 in Gravesham at 13:28 on Sunday 6 February 2011. The 55-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 58-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were 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
- 6 Feb 2011
- Sunday, 13:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volkswagen Eos
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34198, longitude 0.34609, in the DA13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Culverstone Green. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meopham South & Vigo, Gravesham, DA13 0RQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011460196658
- 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
- 227
- 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
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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2015.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 1 July 2015
At the same spotRef 2015460258436
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 31 October 2021
6 m awayRef 2021461112657
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 17 April 2011
10 m awayRef 2011460199441
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 23 January 2017
14 m awayRef 2017460152262
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 23 August 2015
14 m awayRef 2015460260627
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 23 April 2018
15 m awayRef 2018460289536
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,261 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Eos
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 55, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2011460196658 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 2011.