A2 crash in Dartford on 21 December 2012 at 09:05 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dartford at 09:05 on Friday 21 December 2012. The 19-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2012
- Friday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43024, longitude 0.30342, in the DA10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ebbsfleet, Dartford, DA10 1AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dartford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012460222301
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- 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
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2012.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A2 in Dartford, 9 December 2012
10 m awayRef 2012460222370
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A2 in Dartford, 17 January 2011
14 m awayRef 2011460196117
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A2 in Dartford, 9 January 2015
20 m awayRef 2015460251819
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A2 in Dartford, 28 February 2010
20 m awayRef 2010460183631
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A2 in Dartford, 2 December 2012
20 m awayRef 2012460221695
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A2 in Dartford, 21 December 2014
22 m awayRef 2014460251678
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2012460222301 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.