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B2026 crash in Sevenoaks on 10 August 1989 at 12:17 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B2026 in Sevenoaks at 12:17 on Thursday 10 August 1989. A 48-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 70-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Aug 1989
Thursday, 12:17
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198946CC45299
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

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

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198946CC45299 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.