Unclassified road crash in Gravesham DA11 on 1 April 2018 at 17:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham at 17:15 on Sunday 1 April 2018. The 59-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4313, longitude 0.34679, in the DA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coldharbour & Perry Street, Gravesham, DA11 8DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460283345
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2005.
Slight
MG ZT crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 1 April 2005
3 m awayRef 2005460108470
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 16 June 2018
8 m awayRef 2018460307769
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B262 in Gravesham, 11 January 1998
9 m awayRef 199846NK11822
Slight
Zastava Yugo crash on the B262 in Gravesham, 25 October 1997
9 m awayRef 199746NK10901
Slight
MG ZR crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 1 May 2014
13 m awayRef 2014460241201
Serious
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Gravesham, 2 February 2021
14 m awayRef 2021461024215
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- 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 2018460283345 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 2018.