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Unclassified road crash in Tonbridge and Malling ME19 on 28 August 1987 at 07:30 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling at 07:30 on Friday 28 August 1987. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Aug 1987
Friday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28581, longitude 0.43928, in the ME19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Larkfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987461209427
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
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 serious injury crash on 24 July 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 1987461209427 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 1987.