A226 crash in Dartford on 2 October 2022 at 01:35 involving a Honda Insight
Four vehicles, including a Honda Insight and a Vauxhall Corsa, were involved in a crash on the A226 in Dartford at 01:35 on Sunday 2 October 2022. The 58-year-old male driver of the Honda Insight was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2022
- Sunday, 01:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Honda Insight and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44269, longitude 0.2437, in the DA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dartford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown, Dartford, DA1 1RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dartford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022461233728
- Council area
- Dartford
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 226
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 December 2025.
Serious
Peugeot 308 crash on the A226 in Dartford, 17 December 2025
6 m awayRef 2025461685643
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A226 in Dartford, 14 March 2017
19 m awayRef 2017460166771
Slight
Kia Carens crash on the A226 in Dartford, 8 February 2013
19 m awayRef 2013460224002
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A226 in Dartford, 16 July 2004
19 m awayRef 200446NK96628
Serious
Smart Fortwo crash on the A226 in Dartford, 20 March 2018
21 m awayRef 2018460283263
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A226 in Dartford, 16 September 2004
24 m awayRef 200446NK99249
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Honda Insight
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- 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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Insight)
- 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 2022461233728 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dartford road accident statistics for 2022.