Unclassified road crash in Swale ME9 on 26 February 2022 at 15:10 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A car and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Swale at 15:10 on Saturday 26 February 2022. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2022
- Saturday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28755, longitude 0.76484, in the ME9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Swale
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022461149044
- Council area
- Swale
- 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
- 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, 98 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 18 December 2017
98 m awayRef 2017460255308
Slight
Volvo 144 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 9 July 1992
104 m awayRef 1992460514337
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 7 August 1992
271 m awayRef 1992460514707
Slight
Renault 5 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 4 November 1991
272 m awayRef 199146BE54361
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 31 May 1985
292 m awayRef 1985465204365
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 20 June 2023
298 m awayRef 2023461325248
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022461149044 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 2022.