A226 crash in Gravesham on 6 June 2013 at 11:58 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 11:58 on Thursday 6 June 2013. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jun 2013
- Thursday, 11:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43609, longitude 0.38846, in the DA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gravesend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westcourt, Gravesham, DA12 1PQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013460228238
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 226
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2000.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 21 March 2000
At the same spotRef 200046NK15432
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 13 July 1979
10 m awayRef 1979463104809
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 10 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200346NK82832
Fatal
Mercedes crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 10 May 1991
10 m awayRef 199146CA00231
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 7 September 1990
10 m awayRef 199046CA80380
Slight
Car crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 2 November 1984
10 m awayRef 1984463107764
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, 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 2013460228238 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 2013.