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A20 crash in Sevenoaks on 12 March 2000 at 17:00 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A van and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A20 in Sevenoaks at 17:00 on Sunday 12 March 2000. The 45-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 2000
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Van and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38927, longitude 0.19326, in the BR8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200046NK15400
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Roundabout
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
25

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
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 27 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

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 200046NK15400 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 2000.