Unclassified road crash in Gravesham DA12 on 17 June 2015 at 21:27 involving a Renault Megane
Five vehicles, including a Renault Megane and two cars, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham at 21:27 on Wednesday 17 June 2015. The 60-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 2015
- Wednesday, 21:27
- Vehicles
- 5
- Renault Megane and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42714, longitude 0.37602, in the DA12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gravesend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodlands, Gravesham, DA12 5AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015460258138
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2004.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 19 July 2004
32 m awayRef 200446NK96597
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 28 August 1986
36 m awayRef 1986463107156
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 18 September 1983
36 m awayRef 1983463106963
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 11 December 1984
36 m awayRef 1984463108864
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 12 November 1982
36 m awayRef 1982463108962
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 13 September 1980
36 m awayRef 1980463107140
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: Mercedes B Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,992 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 2015460258138 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.