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Serious B2026 crash in Sevenoaks on 24 April 1985 at 08:10 involving a car

A car, a motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the B2026 in Sevenoaks at 08:10 on Wednesday 24 April 1985. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 53-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Apr 1985
Wednesday, 08:10
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21218, longitude 0.05881, in the TN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Marlpit Hill.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985463303305
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2026
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1985463303305 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 1985.