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B2173 crash in Sevenoaks on 26 March 1994 at 17:15 involving a Citroen BX taxi

A Citroen BX taxi hit two pedestrians on the B2173 in Sevenoaks at 17:15 on Saturday 26 March 1994. A 35-year-old male pedestrian and a 2-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Mar 1994
Saturday, 17:15
Vehicles
1
Citroen BX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40294, longitude 0.16283, in the BR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swanley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460123683
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2173
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 8 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1994460123683 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 1994.