B262 crash in Gravesham on 19 April 2023 at 08:25 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B262 in Gravesham at 08:25 on Wednesday 19 April 2023. The 19-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2023
- Wednesday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42753, longitude 0.33199, in the DA11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Painters Ash, Gravesham, DA11 8EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gravesham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023461300554
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 262
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2024.
Slight
Smart Forfour crash on the B262 in Gravesham, 6 February 2024
10 m awayRef 2024461408267
Slight
Car crash on the B262 in Gravesham, 9 January 1987
23 m awayRef 1987463100187
Slight
Car crash on the B262 in Gravesham, 5 July 1986
23 m awayRef 1986463105496
Serious
Van crash on the A2 in Gravesham, 1 March 1986
23 m awayRef 1986463101596
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A2260 in Gravesham, 16 April 2005
23 m awayRef 2005460109718
Slight
Daewoo Nubira crash on the A2260 in Gravesham, 4 June 2007
28 m awayRef 2007460142282
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2023461300554 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 2023.