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Unclassified road crash in Sevenoaks TN8 on 9 December 1997 at 15:30 involving a Renault 25

A Renault 25 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sevenoaks at 15:30 on Tuesday 9 December 1997. An 82-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Renault 25
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21209, longitude 0.05866, in the TN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Marlpit Hill.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199746WK28222
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

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

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault 25)

    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 199746WK28222 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 1997.