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Fatal B258 crash in Sevenoaks on 14 October 1989 at 17:55 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the B258 in Sevenoaks at 17:55 on Saturday 14 October 1989. A 47-year-old female pedestrian was killed, a 46-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver 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
Fatal
Date
14 Oct 1989
Saturday, 17:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41489, longitude 0.18727, in the BR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hextable.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198946CC50219
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
258
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 serious injury crash on 1 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,244 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198946CC50219 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.