Unclassified road crash in Gravesham DA11 on 17 January 2017 at 20:34 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham at 20:34 on Tuesday 17 January 2017. The 42-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2017
- Tuesday, 20:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43401, longitude 0.3616, in the DA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gravesend. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pelham, Gravesham, DA12 1BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017460150969
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- 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 15 December 2016.
Slight
Mini One crash on the B261 in Gravesham, 15 December 2016
1 m awayRef 2016460138599
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the B261 in Gravesham, 26 September 2003
2 m awayRef 200346NK83875
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 23 February 2016
2 m awayRef 2016460047744
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B261 in Gravesham, 12 June 1998
2 m awayRef 199846NK14270
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the B261 in Gravesham, 14 June 2014
2 m awayRef 2014460242862
Slight
Car crash on the B261 in Gravesham, 7 October 2006
2 m awayRef 2006460132812
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017460150969 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 2017.