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B2100 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 2 July 1998 at 09:00 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the B2100 in Tunbridge Wells at 09:00 on Thursday 2 July 1998. An 80-year-old female passenger in the Renault 5 and the 81-year-old male driver of the Renault 5 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jul 1998
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Renault 5 and Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09486, longitude 0.3878, in the TN3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199846WL05460
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2100
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
2169

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 22 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

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 199846WL05460 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 1998.