A2 crash in Dartford on 16 November 2014 at 11:37 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera, a Vauxhall Combo and a car were involved in a crash on the A2 in Dartford at 11:37 on Sunday 16 November 2014. An 11-year-old male passenger in the car and a 9-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2014
- Sunday, 11:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Almera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43847, longitude 0.17404, in the DA5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Maypole & Leyton Cross, Dartford, DA5 2AQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dartford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014460249646
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 June 1979.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A2 in Dartford, 18 June 1979
At the same spotRef 1979463204439
Serious
Car crash on the A2 in Dartford, 14 March 1984
At the same spotRef 1984463201634
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A2 in Dartford, 20 November 2012
10 m awayRef 2012460221008
Slight
Honda XL125V crash on the A2 in Dartford, 11 March 2015
14 m awayRef 2015460254150
Slight
MG TF crash on the A2 in Dartford, 10 January 2016
14 m awayRef 2016460266065
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A2 in Dartford, 22 January 2001
22 m awayRef 200146NK35856
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- 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 2014460249646 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 2014.