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Serious unclassified road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN12 on 8 May 1979 at 15:55 involving a car

A car hit four pedestrians on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells at 15:55 on Tuesday 8 May 1979. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured. Four of them were pedestrians.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 May 1979
Tuesday, 15:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18161, longitude 0.38942, in the TN12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paddock Wood.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979464102419
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
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 31 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1979464102419 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tunbridge Wells road accident statistics for 1979.