Serious A2 crash in Dartford on 25 January 2013 at 21:45 involving a Porsche Cayenne
A Porsche Cayenne and a Nissan Note were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dartford at 21:45 on Friday 25 January 2013. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jan 2013
- Friday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Porsche Cayenne and Nissan Note
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42737, longitude 0.25695, in the DA2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Darenth, Dartford, DA2 7LE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dartford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013460223767
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2022.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2 in Dartford, 27 November 2022
10 m awayRef 2022461273693
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A2 in Dartford, 10 March 2020
12 m awayRef 2020460945970
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Dartford, 13 December 1995
20 m awayRef 199546NK00594
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A2 in Dartford, 13 October 2003
22 m awayRef 200346NK83670
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A2 in Dartford, 25 April 2012
22 m awayRef 2012460213205
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A2 in Dartford, 13 October 2020
24 m awayRef 2020461006603
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Porsche Cayenne
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,806 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Porsche Cayenne)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- 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 2013460223767 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 2013.