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C road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN12 on 6 July 1994 at 10:55 involving a BMW R 80 RT T motorcycle

A BMW R 80 RT T motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Tunbridge Wells at 10:55 on Wednesday 6 July 1994. The 14-year-old male cyclist, a 14-year-old male pedestrian hit by the bicycle and a 14-year-old male pedestrian hit by the BMW R 80 RT T motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jul 1994
Wednesday, 10:55
Vehicles
2
BMW R 80 RT T and bicycle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14849, longitude 0.39957, in the TN12 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994461115230
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 80 RT T

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW R 80 RT T)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 1994461115230 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 1994.