Unclassified road crash in Gravesham DA12 on 26 July 2021 at 17:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on an unclassified road in Gravesham at 17:30 on Monday 26 July 2021. The 29-year-old male driver and a 20-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 2021
- Monday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39591, longitude 0.40895, 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
- 2021461078682
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2007.
Slight
Vehicle crash on a C road in Gravesham, 25 March 2007
28 m awayRef 2007460139565
Slight
Car crash on the B2009 in Gravesham, 25 September 1985
33 m awayRef 1985463108865
Slight
Audi A4 crash on a C road in Gravesham, 21 July 2002
42 m awayRef 200246NK61825
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on a C road in Gravesham, 29 September 2007
42 m awayRef 2007460147233
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Gravesham, 18 July 1992
64 m awayRef 1992460214505
Slight
Ford Orion crash on a C road in Gravesham, 7 March 1991
66 m awayRef 199146CA95751
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2021461078682 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 2021.