A21 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 19 December 1993 at 10:10 involving an Austin Montego
An Austin Montego and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A21 in Tonbridge and Malling at 10:10 on Sunday 19 December 1993. The 36-year-old male driver of the Austin Montego and the 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion were 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
- 19 Dec 1993
- Sunday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Montego and Ford Orion
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18389, longitude 0.24715, 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
- 1993461213273
- 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 24 December 2012.
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A21 in Tonbridge and Malling, 24 December 2012
At the same spotRef 2012460222880
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A21 in Tonbridge and Malling, 10 November 2025
19 m awayRef 2025461666428
Slight
Honda Concerto crash on the A21 in Tonbridge and Malling, 26 November 1993
20 m awayRef 1993461212885
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A21 in Tonbridge and Malling, 8 December 2025
29 m awayRef 2025461679842
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A21 in Tonbridge and Malling, 18 February 2016
29 m awayRef 2016460046255
Slight
Van crash on the A21 in Tonbridge and Malling, 10 June 1996
42 m awayRef 199646WK22457
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)
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 1993461213273 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 1993.