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A226 crash in Gravesham on 18 September 2021 at 12:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a BMW R 1200 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A226 in Gravesham at 12:00 on Saturday 18 September 2021. The 33-year-old male rider of the BMW R 1200 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Sep 2021
Saturday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and BMW R 1200
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44265, longitude 0.36569, 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
2021461090903
Council area
Gravesham
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
226
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 22 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: BMW R 1200

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,170 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (BMW R 1200)

    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 2021461090903 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.