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A2028 crash in Sevenoaks on 16 March 1979 at 22:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A2028 in Sevenoaks at 22:30 on Friday 16 March 1979. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Mar 1979
Friday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29206, longitude 0.16709, in the TN13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunton Green.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979464201349
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2028
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1979464201349 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 1979.