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A228 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 11 December 1991 at 12:00 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A228 in Tonbridge and Malling at 12:00 on Wednesday 11 December 1991. A 13-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro and the 54-year-old male driver of the Volvo lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 1991
Wednesday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Austin Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32775, longitude 0.44624, in the ME6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Snodland.

Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199146AB56441
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
228
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
228

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 21 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    5,480 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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 199146AB56441 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 1991.