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Serious A21 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 28 April 1985 at 15:40

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on the A21 in Tunbridge Wells at 15:40 on Sunday 28 April 1985. A 26-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Apr 1985
Sunday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14445, longitude 0.31458, in the TN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pembury.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985461304035
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1985461304035 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 1985.