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Fatal A20 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 19 March 2001 at 14:52 involving a Nissan Cabstar van

A Nissan Cabstar van and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling at 14:52 on Monday 19 March 2001. The 34-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was killed and the 32-year-old male driver of the Nissan Cabstar van was slightly 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
Fatal
Date
19 Mar 2001
Monday, 14:52
Vehicles
2
Nissan Cabstar and Kawasaki
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30227, longitude 0.39255, in the ME19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh, Tonbridge and Malling, ME19 5LE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146MA38274
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
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
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 slight injury crash on 21 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cabstar

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,052 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cabstar)

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 200146MA38274 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tonbridge and Malling road accident statistics for 2001.