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Fatal B2016 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 3 August 1979 at 23:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B2016 in Tonbridge and Malling at 23:20 on Friday 3 August 1979. A 38-year-old male pedestrian was killed and a 52-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Aug 1979
Friday, 23:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25392, longitude 0.37167, in the ME18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979461205939
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2016
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 February 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1979461205939 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tonbridge and Malling road accident statistics for 1979.