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Serious B2162 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 5 April 1997 at 16:00 involving a Triumph motorcycle

A Triumph motorcycle crashed on the B2162 in Tunbridge Wells at 16:00 on Saturday 5 April 1997. A 16-year-old female passenger and the 48-year-old male rider were seriously 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
Serious
Date
5 Apr 1997
Saturday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Triumph
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15348, longitude 0.44059, in the TN12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199746WL31025
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2162
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
C

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 slight injury crash on 5 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    744 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Triumph)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Triumph)

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 199746WL31025 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.