A21 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 11 March 1997 at 07:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Nova, were involved in a crash on the A21 in Tunbridge Wells at 07:50 on Tuesday 11 March 1997. The 51-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 1997
- Tuesday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14348, longitude 0.30867, in the TN2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199746WK25464
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- Police force
- Kent
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 21
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2010.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A228 in Tunbridge Wells, 26 February 2010
10 m awayRef 2010460183602
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A21 in Tunbridge Wells, 8 August 2024
17 m awayRef 2024461477357
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A21 in Tunbridge Wells, 29 September 2020
21 m awayRef 2020460987282
Serious
Car crash on the A264 in Tunbridge Wells, 19 August 1986
22 m awayRef 1986461309016
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A21 in Tunbridge Wells, 30 October 2010
22 m awayRef 2010460192906
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A21 in Tunbridge Wells, 20 December 2009
30 m awayRef 2009460181171
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Bluebird
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)
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 199746WK25464 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 1997.