C road crash in Dartford DA3 on 14 November 2016 at 08:43 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara, a Ford Fiesta and a Skoda Octavia taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in Dartford at 08:43 on Monday 14 November 2016. The 51-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 43-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia taxi and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Octavia taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2016
- Monday, 08:43
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki Vitara and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.394, longitude 0.32582, in the DA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet, Dartford, DA3 7JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dartford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460131452
- Council area
- Dartford
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on an unclassified road in Dartford, 18 March 2006
5 m awayRef 2006460123467
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sevenoaks, 21 January 1986
21 m awayRef 1986463100736
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Sevenoaks, 16 July 1984
21 m awayRef 1984463104604
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on a C road in Dartford, 21 July 2013
34 m awayRef 2013460229938
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on a C road in Dartford, 19 September 1994
53 m awayRef 1994460226202
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on a C road in Dartford, 12 June 2007
56 m awayRef 2007460142644
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Skoda Octavia
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Skoda Octavia)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Skoda Octavia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2016460131452 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 2016.