A225 crash in Dartford on 19 June 2013 at 19:10 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Ducati motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A225 in Dartford at 19:10 on Wednesday 19 June 2013. The 25-year-old male rider of the Ducati motorcycle and a 23-year-old female passenger on the Ducati motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jun 2013
- Wednesday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Ducati
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43785, longitude 0.23559, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dartford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Dartford, DA1 1RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dartford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013460228739
- 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
- 225
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A225 in Dartford, 3 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200346NK83258
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A225 in Dartford, 22 May 1991
At the same spotRef 199146CB00881
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A225 in Dartford, 22 December 2004
At the same spotRef 200446NK04171
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A225 in Dartford, 8 December 1992
At the same spotRef 1992460116710
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A296 in Dartford, 19 January 2022
4 m awayRef 2022461191374
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A296 in Dartford, 3 April 2025
4 m awayRef 2025461573859
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ducati
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 916 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Ducati)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Ducati)
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 2013460228739 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.