A226 crash in Gravesham on 4 October 2011 at 19:07 involving an Audi A2
An Audi A2 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 19:07 on Tuesday 4 October 2011. The 28-year-old female driver of the Audi A2, the 20-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2011
- Tuesday, 19:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A2 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4189, longitude 0.43719, 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
- 2011460205474
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 2009.
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 22 March 2009
22 m awayRef 2009460170048
Slight
Car crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 25 February 1996
22 m awayRef 199646NK01382
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 3 December 2011
51 m awayRef 2011460207911
Slight
Opel Ascona crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 2 December 1990
60 m awayRef 199046CA87900
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 22 March 1998
121 m awayRef 199846NK13289
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 15 November 1991
134 m awayRef 199146CA15041
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2011460205474 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.