A2 crash in Gravesham on 22 April 2018 at 12:23 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A2 in Gravesham at 12:23 on Sunday 22 April 2018. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 65-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 12:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40122, longitude 0.41271, 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
- 2018460289599
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Fine with 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2012.
Slight
Triumph Street Triple crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 19 September 2012
7 m awayRef 2012460218824
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 6 November 2015
17 m awayRef 2015460263631
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 21 October 2001
17 m awayRef 200146NK48335
Slight
Lexus IS200 crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 22 April 2009
19 m awayRef 2009460171398
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 2 June 2005
20 m awayRef 2005460111017
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 20 September 1996
20 m awayRef 199646SW04440
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018460289599 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.