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A21 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 18 December 1992 at 12:45 involving a Leyland DAF FA 1900 DNS lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 1900 DNS lorry and a Vauxhall Viva were involved in a crash on the A21 in Tonbridge and Malling at 12:45 on Friday 18 December 1992. The 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Viva was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1992
Friday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF FA 1900 DNS and Vauxhall Viva
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18572, longitude 0.2408, in the TN11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992461209424
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 1900 DNS

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Viva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Road works
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,057 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Viva)

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 1992461209424 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 1992.