Serious A227 crash in Gravesham on 22 May 2024 at 15:30 involving a John Deere 6000 Series agricultural vehicle
A John Deere 6000 Series agricultural vehicle and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A227 in Gravesham at 15:30 on Wednesday 22 May 2024. There were 21 casualties: 11 people were seriously injured and 10 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 May 2024
- Wednesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- John Deere 6000 Series and Volvo
- Casualties
- 21
- 11 seriously injured, 10 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34709, longitude 0.34817, in the DA13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Culverstone Green. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meopham South & Vigo, Gravesham, DA13 0RQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024461446505
- Council area
- Gravesham
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 227
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2011.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 15 December 2011
11 m awayRef 2011460208305
Slight
Audi crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 25 November 1990
30 m awayRef 199046CF87030
Slight
Car crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 21 August 1985
30 m awayRef 1985463107665
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 1 October 2010
35 m awayRef 2010460191660
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 10 September 2003
48 m awayRef 200346NK82091
Slight
Citroen C2 crash on the A227 in Gravesham, 13 October 2012
54 m awayRef 2012460219489
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: John Deere 6000 Series
Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,788 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (21)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 6: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 7: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 8: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 9: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 10: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 11: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 12: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 13: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 14: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 15: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 16: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 17: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 18: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 19: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 20: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 21: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024461446505 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 2024.