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Fatal A262 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 27 April 1995 at 10:45 involving a Leyland Roadrunner van

A Leyland Roadrunner van hit a pedestrian on the A262 in Tunbridge Wells at 10:45 on Thursday 27 April 1995. An 85-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Apr 1995
Thursday, 10:45
Vehicles
1
Leyland Roadrunner
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10893, longitude 0.56011, in the TN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sissinghurst.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199546WL21081
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
262
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
A
Second road number
262

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 27 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Roadrunner

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 85, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland Roadrunner)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    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 199546WL21081 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 1995.