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Serious A20 crash in Sevenoaks on 20 July 1994 at 18:16 involving a Triumph Herald

A Triumph Herald crashed on the A20 in Sevenoaks at 18:16 on Wednesday 20 July 1994. The 25-year-old female driver, a 29-year-old female passenger and a female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jul 1994
Wednesday, 18:16
Vehicles
1
Triumph Herald
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38945, longitude 0.18189, in the BR8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994460125342
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Herald

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Herald)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Herald)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Herald)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1994460125342 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.