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A2 crash in Swale on 3 November 2012 at 10:00 involving an Alfa Romeo 147

An Alfa Romeo 147 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A2 in Swale at 10:00 on Saturday 3 November 2012. The 38-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Nov 2012
Saturday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Alfa Romeo 147 and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34396, longitude 0.71209, in the ME10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sittingbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Borden and Grove Park, Swale, ME10 1QQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Swale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012460220288
Council area
Swale
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 147

    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
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 2012460220288 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 2012.