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A268 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 2 August 1993 at 14:20 involving a Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle and a Talbot Horizon were involved in a crash on the A268 in Tunbridge Wells at 14:20 on Monday 2 August 1993. The 24-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX550 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Aug 1993
Monday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX550 and Talbot Horizon
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04974, longitude 0.4728, in the TN18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993461111648
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
268
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
268

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 27 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX550

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Talbot Horizon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX550)

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 1993461111648 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tunbridge Wells road accident statistics for 1993.