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Serious B2189 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 25 August 1993 at 10:30 involving a Volvo 345

A Volvo 345 hit a pedestrian on the B2189 in Tunbridge Wells at 10:30 on Wednesday 25 August 1993. A 25-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Aug 1993
Wednesday, 10:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo 345
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09602, longitude 0.5334, in the TN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cranbrook.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993461111900
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2189
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 345

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 345)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1993461111900 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.