A2 crash in Swale on 16 August 2017 at 18:25 involving a Peugeot Boxer van
A car, a Peugeot Boxer van and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A2 in Swale at 18:25 on Wednesday 16 August 2017. The 67-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 66-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 2017
- Wednesday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot Boxer and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34645, longitude 0.69852, in the ME9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Swale, ME9 8BS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017460213717
- Council area
- Swale
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2021.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A2 in Swale, 27 September 2021
4 m awayRef 2021461093454
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A2 in Swale, 23 September 2004
7 m awayRef 200446SW99727
Slight
Piaggio crash on the A2 in Swale, 2 December 2000
7 m awayRef 200046SW33277
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A2 in Swale, 19 February 1999
7 m awayRef 199946SW09704
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2 in Swale, 23 June 2001
7 m awayRef 200146SW43089
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Swale, 24 March 1996
7 m awayRef 199646SW01734
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Boxer
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Honda Civic)
- 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 2017460213717 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Swale road accident statistics for 2017.