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Serious A224 crash in Sevenoaks on 9 February 1989 at 08:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A224 in Sevenoaks at 08:00 on Thursday 9 February 1989. The 48-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Feb 1989
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28934, longitude 0.16839, in the TN13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sevenoaks.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198946CC30119
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
224
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, 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 198946CC30119 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 1989.