A226 crash in Gravesham on 9 March 2015 at 08:55 involving a Mercedes Vito van
A Mercedes Vito van and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 08:55 on Monday 9 March 2015. The 32-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio 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
- 9 Mar 2015
- Monday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Vito and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43346, longitude 0.39232, 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
- 2015460254161
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2023.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 10 January 2023
8 m awayRef 2023461264179
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 9 January 1991
10 m awayRef 199146CA91231
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 12 November 1994
14 m awayRef 1994460227435
Serious
Car crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 11 February 1982
14 m awayRef 1982463100942
Serious
Car crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 9 October 1986
14 m awayRef 1986463108496
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A226 in Gravesham, 10 April 1983
14 m awayRef 1983463102633
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2015460254161 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 2015.