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A25 crash in Sevenoaks on 21 July 1998 at 17:30 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks at 17:30 on Tuesday 21 July 1998. The 19-year-old female driver of the Fiat Uno and a 67-year-old female passenger in the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jul 1998
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat Uno and Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27793, longitude 0.11882, in the TN14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846WK30735
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
25
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 January 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199846WK30735 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 1998.