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A2 crash in Dartford on 17 December 2012 at 20:10 involving a Renault Trucks lorry

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2012
Monday, 20:10
Vehicles
3
Renault Trucks and 2 others
Casualties
9
9 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4265, longitude 0.23648, in the DA2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley, Dartford, DA2 7SY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dartford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012460222276
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
Roundabout
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
Motorway
Second road number
25

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
20%
Estimated chance it was slight
80%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Trucks

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    10,837 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years
  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (9)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Passat)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Passat)

    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 2012460222276 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 2012.