A2 crash in Gravesham on 9 January 2016 at 18:30 involving a Mercedes CLS Class
A Mercedes CLS Class and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A2 in Gravesham at 18:30 on Saturday 9 January 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the Mercedes CLS Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jan 2016
- Saturday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes CLS Class and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40285, longitude 0.40449, in the DA12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Higham & Shorne, Gravesham, DA12 3HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460041355
- 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
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 21 September 2017
1 m awayRef 2017460224262
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 17 February 2001
5 m awayRef 200146NK37246
Serious
Ford Granada crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 16 September 2001
5 m awayRef 200146NK47200
Slight
Foden crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 2 April 2001
5 m awayRef 200146NK40411
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 2 December 2014
11 m awayRef 2014460250401
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 29 April 2001
11 m awayRef 200146NK41158
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLS Class
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes CLS Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016460041355 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 2016.